HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.15506 of 2009 Date of Decision: 14.09.2010 **** Ranbir . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Haryana & Ors. . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. Harish Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. R.S. Kundu, Addl. AG Haryana ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) {1}. The petitioner was granted temporary license to vend Non-Judicial/Court Fee Stamps Papers w.e.f. 01.09.2001 by the Collector, Panipat. He continued to work as such till 31st December, 2008 but thereafter the respondents declined to renew his license vide impugned order dated 19.05.2009 (Annexure P4) on the ground that the petitioner had approached the authority through the Member of Parliament of his area. {2}. In the written statement filed by the respondents, no reason whatsoever has been explained for declining the renewal of the petitioner’s license except that “the petitioner is not cooperating in CWP No.15506 of 2009.doc - 2 – the National Programme as per the report of SDO (Civil), Panipat”. {3}. Suffice it to say that both the grounds assigned by the respondents are per se arbitrary and extraneous besides being evasive and misleading. {4}. Nothing has been disclosed as to what kind of ‘cooperation’ the petitioner was required to render in the implementation of “National Programmes” and how he failed to cooperate in relation thereto? Similarly, the representation submitted by the petitioner to the Member of Parliament of the area is neither a misconduct nor a disqualification for seeking renewal of the license. {5}. For the reasons afore-stated, the writ petition is allowed; the impugned order dated 19.05.2009 (Annexure P4) is hereby quashed and the respondents are directed to re-consider the renewal of the petitioner’s license in accordance with the Rules. The needful shall be done within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. {6}. Ordered accordingly. {7}. Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 14.09.2010 vishal shonkar CWP No.15506 of 2009.doc - 3 –