PETi HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR SINGLE BENCH : HON'BLE SHRI S.R. NAYAK, C.J. WRIT PETiTjON N0,5290 OF 2006 Mukhtar Ahmad S/o Rashid Ahmad aged about 22 years (In the order wrongiy written as 32 years) R/o Pandit Deendayai Upadhyay Nagar, House No. D.M.-10,Raipur(C.G.) Vs. S^ESPONDENTS Rajesh Kumar Jain, teamed counsel for the petitioner. Shri Sanjay S. Agrawai, learned G.A. for the State of C.G. (Passed on 6'" Odober, 2006) The condition imposed by the Collector, Durg, that the petitioner shal furnish his own solvency certificate for a sum of Rupees Two Lakh Fifty Thousand as a condition to reiease the subject motor vehicte to the interim custody of the petitioner in exercise of the discretionary powsr has been assailed in this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution as arbitrary and unreasonable. The Court has to strike a baiance between the competing ciaims of the petitioner and the pubiic interest. The condition imposed by the statutory authority to protect the public interest in its discretion cannot lightly be interfered with by the Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. Be that as it may, the condition imposed by the Collector, Durg that the petitionershalt furnlsh his own soivency certificate for a sum of State of Chhattisgarh Collector Durg (C.G.). Santosh Kumar S/o Narayan Oria Aged about 24 years, R/o Sant Ravidas Nagar, Camp-2 Bhilai P.S. Chhaoni, District- Durg C.G. -5- Rupees Two Lakh Fifty Thousand cannot be condemned as arbitrary and unreasonable and in violation of Article 14 postulates. Writ petition is devoid of merit and accordingly It is dismissed. No costs. —- Sd/- ChiefJustice •fa^' -SL- Rupees Two Lakh Fifly Thousand cannot be condemned as arbitrary and unreasonable and in violation of Article 14 postulates. Writ petition is devoid of merit and accos-dingly it is dismissed. Nocosts. —-- :'WS^K-^ Sd/- ChiefJustice