HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 2292 of 2007 (M/S) Prem Singh …. Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others … Respondents Mr. R.K.S. Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondents. 19th March, 2009 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. The petitioner was admittedly had a fair price shop. There were reports against the petitioner that he misappropriated the foodgrains as well as the kerosene oil which are to be distributed to the ration card holders through the fair price shop. Hence, after a detail enquiry and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, licence of the fair price shop of the petitioner was cancelled vide order dated 3.7.2007. Consequently, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the Commissioner, Garhwal Mandal Camp at Dehradun. The Commissioner also dismissed the appeal of the petitioner and upheld the order passed by the District Supply Officer, Haridwar. On perusal of record and on the rival contentions of the parties, I find that there is absolutely no anomaly in the orders passed by the officers concerned cancelling the licence of the fair price shop of the petitioner. There were serious complaints against the petitioner and on enquiry it was found that those complaints were true. The authorities concerned have only exercised their duties under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The order dated 3.7.2007 passed by the District Supply Officer, Haridwar and the order dated 25.10.2007 passed by the Commissioner, Garhwal Mandal Camp (challenged in the 2 present writ petition) are perfectly justified. There is no need of interference by this Court in the present matter. Writ petition, therefore, is dismissed. No order as to costs. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 19.3.2009 Avneet