IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 4815/2000 Sohan Lal Sharma Versus State & Ors. Date of order : 07.03.2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri A.K.Pareek, for the petitioner. Shri Sanjay Srivastav, Dy.G.A., for the ****** BY THE COURT: This writ petition was filed way back on 17.10.2000 when the petitioner was aged 76 years. Grievance was raised in the writ petition that the respondents are likely to proceed against the petitioner under the Provision of the Rajasthan Habitual Offenders Act, 1953 and Rajasthan Police Rules, 1965. They may require the petitioner to give his finger and palm impressions, foot prints and photographs by declaring him a habitual offender. This Court while admitting the writ petition, did not pass any interim order and in fact, dismissed the stay application vide order dated 21.07.2001. The matter has remained pending ever-since. The respondents in their reply have came out with the plea that as-many-as 30 cases were registered against the petitioner and the respondents only intended to proceed under the aforesaid laws by way of precautionary measures. The matter has remained pending before this court for last eight years and in the meantime, the petitioner has attended the age of 84 years. Nothing has been brought on the record even by the respondents that the petitioner has engaged himself in any kind of nefarious activities during the intervening period. List of the criminal cases, as registered against the petitioner furnished with the reply to the writ petition, indicates that all those cases were lodged against him within the period ranging from May, 1994 to August, 1994 and mostly for the same offences such as Section 420,465,466,467,468,471,474 and 120(B). Nothing has been brought on the record even by the respondents that after August 1994 has the petitioner ever engaged himself in any offence. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is not considered necessary to decide the matter on merits. It is left open to the respondents to proceed against the petitioner, but only if any fresh criminal activity is reported against the petitioner, in accordance with law. The present writ petition is accordingly, disposed of. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. preety Item No. 18