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2025 DAILYLAW 160198 (ALL)

BARATI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. EXCISE DEPTT. GOVT. OF U.P. LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

WPIL/881/2025 · 2025-08-27

Manjive Shukla, Rajan Roy

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 881 of 2025 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard. 2. The grievance of the petitioner has been redressed, as, the licensee has been directed to shift his shop to the place for which he was granted the license for running his shop. 3. Learned Standing Counsel has placed before us an order dated 26.08.2025 passed by the Excise Inspector, Region - 3, Mahsi, Bahraich addressed to the District Excise Officer, Bahraich along with the instructions of the same date sent by the District Excise Officer. The instructions are taken on record. 4. In view of the above, nothing survives for adjudication in the matter. 5. However, the District Excise Officer shall ensure that the opposite party no. 5 runs the shop at the place for which he has been granted the license, and any further deviation in this regard may entail serious consequences, as, the Officers who are responsible for supervising the running of such shops do not appear to have supervised the running of the shop appropriately. 6. It is open for the petitioner to inform the Excise Commissioner about the aforesaid facts who may look into the matter as regards the role of Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Singh, Anuj Kumar Gupta, Dhruv Ashish Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Barati .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Excise Deptt. Govt. Of U.P. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) officials, and if required, do the needful. 7. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. August 27, 2025 Lokesh Kumar WPIL No. 881 of 2025 2 (Manjive Shukla,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Digitally signed by :- LOKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench