IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.3928 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision:15.3.2010 Praveen Yadav ----- Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present:- Mr. O.P.Goyal, Sr.Advocate with Mr. Hari Pal Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Deepak Girotra, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the State. Adarsh Kumar Goel,J. 1. This petition seeks quashing of notice dated 26.2.2010, Annexure P.7 inviting sealed tenders for existing vends under the provisions of Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (for short, ‘the Act’). 2. Grievance of the petitioner is that he was holding L- 2 licence for the year 2009-10 and under the excise policy for the year 2010-11 w.e.f 1.4.2010, provision was incorporated for renewal of existing liquor vends subject to certain CWP No.3928 of 2010 (O&M) conditions. The petitioner applied for renewal but without taking any decision on the application of the petitioner, public notice was issued offering the vends for allotment. 3. Notice was issued in pursuance of which, learned counsel for the State has taken instructions. 4. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 5. Learned counsel for the State says that prayer of the petitioner for renewal was rejected and order of rejection was put on the web site and was also conveyed to the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner for being further conveyed to the petitioner. Before the passing of the said order, report of the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner was obtained which showed that the petitioner was not eligible for renewal. In any case, the Commissioner, Excise and Taxation was willing to give a hearing to the petitioner and re-examine his grievance in accordance with law. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also no objection to this course being adopted. 7. In view of above, the petitioner will be at liberty to appear before the Commissioner, Excise and Taxation on 17.3.2010 at 11.00 AM when he will be furnished the relevant documents. The petitioner will be at liberty to give his 2 CWP No.3928 of 2010 (O&M) response within two days by 19.3.2010 and be heard and thereafter decision may be taken by the Commissioner, Excise and Taxation on or before 22.3.2010, after considering the reply of the petitioner. 8. Till 22.3.2010, final decision on the question of allotment of the vends will not be taken. 9. The petition is disposed of accordingly. Copy of the order may be given dasti on payment. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Judge March 15, 2010 (Alok Singh) ‘gs’ Judge 3