N,(; !; ! @ HiGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Sinale Bench Hon'ble Shri Jaadish Bhalla.Aa. CJ. Writ Petition No. 1353 of 1992 PETITIONER M/s AlaknandaTalkles Through - Prop.' Aruneshwar Sharan Singh Deo, aged years, son of Shri M.S. Singh Deo, resident of Raghunath Palace, Ambikapur, District Sarguja (M.P.) RESPONDENTS vefBUs 1. District Magistrate Sarguja oom- Licensing Authority under M.P. Cinema (Reculation) Ru!es, 1972 2. Shri T.S. Chhetwal, District Magistrate, Sarguja (M.P.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLES 226/227 OF THECONSTITUTION OF INDIA Present : Shri Manindra Shrivastava, Sr. Advocate with Shri Amrito Das, counsel for the petitioner. l ShriV.V.S. Murthy, Dy. A.G. fbrtheStatfe ORAL ORDER (Passed on 26th June, 2007) / This writ. petition is directed against the show cause notice given to the petitioner and the final order of canceilation of the Ijcense to run motion picture. Counsei for the petitioner emphaticaliy submitsjthat a strong case of mala fide was alleged against the petitioner. interim ordsr was granted by this Court staying the show cause notice and the order canceling the license. The steps were taken for servioe on respondent No. 2. However, the notice in respect of respondent No.2 remained on the record of the High Court and the same could not be issued for one reason or the other. Learned counsei for the parties agreed that the Interest of justice would suffice ifthe case of the petitioner is considered from the stage of show cause notice. !n the circumstances, iet the licensing authorityiconsider and dispose of the repiy to the show cause notice given by the petitioher. j ~'-^ ^ ^l It would be open for the petitioner to submit a fresh reply within a week, which shaii be considered and decided by the licensing authority i.e. Coilector, Sarguja in accordance with law. Since the respondent No. 2 has already retired, I do not find that the mala fide stilt exists. The Collector shaii consider and decide the matter expeditiousiy. Tili the finai decision is taken by the Cotlector, the petitioner be aliowed to continue to run the cinema hall. With the observation made above, the petition stands disposed of. Sd/- Ag. Chief Justice