HIGH COURT OF CHHATTiSGARH AT BILASPUR ISjngle Bsnch: i-!"n!ble Mr, -Justice Dh'rendra M'shral W.P. Fcl No.5844 of 2009 (Petition undsr Articte 226 of Constitution of 'ndia) PETITIONER Vs RESPONDENTS Smt. Salma Rizvi, W/b Shri A.A. Rizvi, Aged about 48,years, R/o Ambikapur, Ne.ar Mission Chowk, Kedarpur, Ambikapur, Dist, Surguja (CG) 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through: Secretarv', ivlinistry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs (Department of Legal Affairs, DKS Bhawan; F.'antralaya), Raipur, Distt. Raipur (CG) 2. Secretary, Department of Law & Legislatjve Affairs, DKS Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur, Distt. Raipur (CG) Present: n4rs. Fouzia Mirza, Advocate Mr. A. Bakshi, Govt. Advocate For the petitioner. For the respondents. o L QRDER (Passed on 07'" December, 2009) 1. By this petition, the petitioner has prayed for direciion to the respondents to renew the certificate of practice as Notary of the petitioner and set aside the order dated 11.9.2009 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2 whereby the petitioner's appiication for renewal of his Notariai certificate has^been refused. 2. Learned counsei for fhe petitioner submits that order of Annexure P-1 has been passed _ without assigning any reason and contention of ihe respondents in their return is that the notarial certificate to the petitioner has been refused with an objeci to afford new persons an opportunity to discharge the duties of Notary. She further submits that dispute involved in this peiition is squarely covered by the order of Shis Court dated 16.11.09 passed in W.P. (C) No.536~3/09 (Mahanand Mishra Vs. State of C.G. & others). 3. The above fact has not been disputed by Shri Alok Bakshi, leamed Government Advocate appearing for the respondents and he submits that the instant petition may be disposed of in terms of the order dated 16.11.2009 passed in W.P. (c) No.5363/09. 4. in view of the submissions made by iearned counsel for the parties and keeping in yiew that stand of respective parties in the instant petjtion is similar to that of in the matter of Mahanand Mishra (supra), the jnstant petition is ailowed. impugned order of Annexure P-1 dated 1 1.9.2009 is hereby quashed and the respondents are directed to CQnsider the case of the petitioner on its own merits and decide the same in accordance with !av/._ c \ Sd/- OlurendraMisnra Judge