CWP No. 13076 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 13076 of 2009 Date of Decision:- 28.10.2010 Janak Raj ....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present: Mr. HPS Ishar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R.D. Sharma, DAG, Haryana *** PERMOD KOHLI, J. The petioner licence was cancelled by the Registrar. So, he preferred an appeal before the Inspector General of Registration who allowed the appeal vide his order dated 29.12.2004 and remanded the case back to the Registrar, Fatehabad for passing a fresh order on the appeal under Rule 15(1) of the Punjab Document Writer Licensing Rules, 1961 after affording an opportunity to the petitioner. Admittedly, the order of the appellate authority had not been complied with. Though the stand of the respondents is that the petitioner never applied for renewal of the licence. However, no such plea was raised before the appellate authority. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has a receipt of the deposit of fee with the Treasury. Be that as it may, if the renewal application is not available with the respondents, the petitioner shall provide either a copy of the earlier application or make a fresh application in this regard. The respondents are required CWP No. 13076 of 2009 -2- to comply with the order of the appellate authority. The application of the petitioner for renewal of licence will accordingly be considered in accordance with law by the Registrar in view of the remand order within a period of three months by granting an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. The order impugned in this petition (Annexures P-4 and P-5) are hereby set aside and petition disposed of with the above directions. October 28, 2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) G.Arora JUDGE