CWP no.21156 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.21156 of 2010 Date of decision: 29.11.2010 Maninder Singh -----Petitioner Vs. The State of Punjab and others ----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. G.S.Bhandari, Advocate for the petitioner. Adarsh Kumar Goel,J. This petition seeks quashing of order dated 20.10.2010 directing closing of liquor vend on the said date. Case of the petitioner is that he was allotted liquor licence L2 for the financial year 2010-11. As per policy, he was required to close the vend only on 15th August, 2nd October and 26th January but in practice, he was required to close the vend for more than 15 days in a year on different festivals under section 144 of the Code of Criminal procedure resulting in loss to him. In such a situation, the State should adjust licence fee charged to cover up the loss suffered by the petitioner on account of closing of the vend. We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. A perusal of the impugned order shows that the same has been passed to take care of a particular date i.e. Birth anniversary of Bhagwan Sri Balmik Jayanti as a preventive measure under section 144 of the Cr.PC. There is nothing to show that the order was malafide or arbitrary. The excise 1 CWP no.21156 of 2010 policy does not exclude an action which may have to be taken on account of law and order situation on any particular day. In these circumstances, we do not find any ground to interfere with the impugned order. The petition is dismissed. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Judge November 29, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) ‘gs’ Judge 2