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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/3795/2020 BANAMALI SARKAR S/O- LT. KHARGESWAR SARKAR, R/O VILL.- CHAPAGURI PART- I, WARD NO. 4, P.O.- CHAPAGURI, DIST.- CHIRANG (BTAD), ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REP. BY THE SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPTT., DISPUR, GHY- 6.
2:THE PRINCIPAL SECY. BTC KOKRAJHAR P.O. AND DIST.- KOKRAJHAR (BTAD) ASSAM PIN- 783370.
3:THE DY. COMMISSIONER CHIRANG KAJALGAON P.O.- KAJALGAON DIST.- CHIRANG (BTAD) ASSAM.
4:THE DY. DIRECTOR FOOD CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS CHIRANG P.O.- KAJALGAON DIST.- CHIRANG (BTAD) ASSAM.
Page No.# 2/3 5:THE SUB-INSPECTOR FOOD CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS CHIRANG P.O.- KAJALGAON DIST.- CHIRANG (BTAD) ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : DR. B AHMED, MR. N HAQUE,MR M HUSSAIN Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, BTC
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA
ORDER 02.06.2025
1. Heard Mr. N. Haque, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. M. Chetia, learned counsel for the State respondents.
2. The petitioner has put to challenge the impugned order dated 11.05.2020, by which the petitioner’s fair price shop licence has been suspended by the authorities.
3. Mr. M. Chetia submits that an affidavit has been filed by the respondent no.3 on 22.05.2025 and it has been clearly stated in the affidavit that the suspension order of the petitioner’s fair price shop licence has been withdrawn, vide order dated 06.11.2020 issued by the Deputy Director, FCS & CA, Chirang.
4. Paragraph-8 of the affidavit filed by the respondent no.3 is to the following effect :
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“8. That with regard to the statement made in paragraph No.5 of the writ petition, the answering deponent begs to state that in compliance to the interim
Order dated 8.10.2020 passed by the Hon'ble Court in the connected writ petition, the then Deputy director, FCS & CA, Chirang passed Order dated 6.11.2020 withdrawing the suspension order of the License of the petitioner until final Judgment of the case with a warning to the petitioner not to repeat such mistake in future. The petitioner has been running the F.P. shop since the date of order dated 6.11.2020.”
5. In view of the suspension of the petitioner’s fair price shop having been withdrawn by the respondents, there is nothing left to adjudicate in this case.
6. Accordingly the writ petition is closed as infructuous.
7. Registry to place the affidavit of the respondent no.3 in the record.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant