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2025 DAILYLAW 45195 (RAJ)

VIKAS GARHWAL S/O NEMICHAND v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN

CW/15214/2025 · 2025-10-29

Ashutosh Kumar

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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[2025:RJ-JP:43355] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 15214/2025 Vikas Garhwal S/o Nemichand, Aged About 30 Years, R/o Ward No. 16, Garhwalon Ki Dhani, Khirod, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan - 333042 ----Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Rajasthan, Through Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Excise, Government of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur (Raj.) 2. Commissioner Excise, Department of Excise, Panchwati, Udaipur (Raj.) 3. District Excise Officer, District Jhunjhunu. 4. District Collector, Jhunjhunu. 5. Bhivaram S/o Manaram Kumawat, R/o Ward No. 15, Mataji Ka Mohalla, Khirod Tehsil Nawalgarh, District Jhunjhunu P.S. Gothda (Raj.) - 333042 ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Tanmay Dhand, Adv. For Respondent(s) : Mr. V.D. Gathala, AGC with Ms. Preeti Soni, Adv. Mr. Kapil Prakash Mathur, AAG assisted by Mr. Sourabh Sharma, AAAG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR Order 29/10/2025 1. Mr. Kapil Prakash Mathur, AAG appears and accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 3. 2. Mr. V.D. Gathala, AGC appears and accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.4. 3. Heard. [2025:RJ-JP:43355] (2 of 2) [CW-15214/2025] 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the liquor shop in question is being run on an agricultural land without complying with the due procedure of conversion of land usage. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the Excise authorities have issued licence to run the liquor shop to respondent No.5 without following due procedure established by law. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner also contends that in this regard, the petitioner has served a notice for demand of justice to respondent Nos. 1 to 4, however, no heed has been paid and the representation (Annexure-2) has also been submitted before the respondent Nos. 1 to 4, however, the representation has not been decided yet. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that the petition be disposed of while directing respondent Nos. 1 to 4 to decide the representation in a time bound manner. 8. In that view of the matter, the petition is disposed with the direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 4 to decide the representation (Annexure-2) submitted by the petitioner in this regard, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. 9. With the above direction, the petition is disposed of. 10. Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (ASHUTOSH KUMAR),J TANISHA /24