IN THE HIGH COURT Petitioner ‘ OF JUDICATURE CHHAiTfgGARH AT BIL'ASPUR W.P.N0. Gié 12003 / ,z‘Y ashpal Gupta Sla Late Laxmi Gupta Fhuuisai Chowk, Durg, District : Durg / aged about 39 years, Rio iamul Bada (CG). 1. State” of Chhattisgarh thmugh the écretary Law and Legismtive Affairs Department DKS Bhawan, Raipur » (C.G.) 2. The Court Superintendent 0/0 ofDistrict & Sessions Judge, Durg, Dist : Durg— (C.G.) 3 The Collectot Durg, Dist:(C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 2261227,] F THE ON OF INDIA/X CONSTITUTI - ? W. .5004; Shn' P. Diwakar, counsel far the peiitioncr. Shri N.K. Agrawal, Deputy‘Advocate General for the State. The peh'tioner has pmfened this writ petition under Aru'cle > 226/227 of the Cons1itution of India ques1iom‘ng the legality, pmpriety and conecumssofctbg dxdcr dated 14.7.2000 (Anncxure P-2) whereby the petn‘ioner’s cer tweate to pmch'oe as Public Notary has been mnewed for a period of three years instead of £ve yews. Brief facts leading to hhng of this peiin'on are that the petitioner is pmcticing as Nowtaxy at Durg. As the tenme of petiiionex’s eel liiicate to practice as Notary was expiring, therefore,- he moved an application before ‘he respondent No.3 for renewal of the said certilicate’. Vide order dated 14.7.2000 certihcate of the petitioner was renewed for a d of three years as per old law and provisions of sub-section of Section 5 of the Notaries Act, 1952, Whereas, the said pmvisi n stood amended by Act No.36 of \1999 whereby the period of years was extended, upto dve yeaie w.e.f. 17. 12. 1999. i have perused sub-sect Act, 1952 which mads thus: - “The government appoint the Notary may on receipt of an applimtion and the prescribed fee renew the ‘ certificate of practice of y Notary for a period offive (2) of Section 5 of the Notaries K years at a time.” p 'o ( e i i \‘rrv as Notary for a period of me ye eoect mm the original date renewal of the cemata. Certined copy as per Rule . petiu'oner’s ce1 Lilicatg to pra ‘ce as Notaxy might to have been mnewed for a period ofm years. In the circumstances, th petitioner’s petition deserves to be allowed and accordingly, i is allowed. Tho mspondents am dixocmd to renew the petiu' ner’s Wcate for practicing instead of thme yews with m which he was entiM for Sd/- ' L.c.BHADoo Judge [1%W