1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR ORDER S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.7274/2007 Tikam Chand Jain Versus The State of Rajasthan and others Date of order ::: November 05, 2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PREM SHANKER ASOPA Mr.Keshav Agrawal, for the petitioner Mr.S.L.Meena, for the respondents BY THE COURT (1) By this writ petition, the petitioner has directly challenged the order of the Distt. Supply Officer dated 31.8.2007 whereby his licence of the fair price shop has been cancelled. (2) Counsel for the respondents raised the objection of the availability of alternative remedy and further cited the judgment of this Court passed in CWP No.8439/2007 Ramavatar V. State of Rajasthan dated 27.9.2008 whereby the said writ petition was dismissed on the ground of availability of alternative remedy and a direction for continuation of the interim order for a period of one month was passed. The relevant portion of the said order is as follows: “10. Consequently the writ petition is dismissed on the ground of alternative 2 remedy. The interim stay order passed by this Court dated 30th October, 2007 shall remain in force only for a period of one month. 11. In view of above, there is no need to pass any order on the application under Article 226(3) of the Constitution filed by the respondents and the same stands disposed of.” (3) Counsel for the petitioner has also not disputed the aforesaid position. (4) In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed on the ground of availability of the alternative remedy. However,the interim order dated 17.9.2007 shall remain in force only for a period of one month. (5) As regards the application under Article 226 (3) of the Constitution of India, the same no more survives and stands dismissed. (PREM SHANKER ASOPA) J. गोpa ल