1 2025:CGHC:32003 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3525 of 2025 1 - Tikaram Gupta S/o Shri Surendra Kumar Gupta Aged About 38 Years R/o Ward No. 5, Kadam Chowk, Champa District - Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Excise, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Commissioner (Excise) Gst Bhawan, North Block, Sector-19, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Collector Janjgir Champa District - Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Vikas Pandey, Advocate For Respondent/State : Ms. Akanksha Verma, PL (Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma) Order on Board 10/07/2025 Chllenge in the present petition is to the order impugned dted 2 16.06.2025 whereby the licence of the petitioner has been cancelled and the security deposit has been confiscated. Counsel for the State submits that the petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing appeal under Rule 13 of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act and without exhausting the same, writ petition is not maintainable. He therefore submits that the petitioner can avail the alternative remedy available to him under the law. 4. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to pursue the alternative remedy available to him under the law. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge SUGUNA DUBEY Digitally signed by SUGUNA DUBEY Date: 2025.07.11 11:19:03 +0530