Ashok Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Food, Lko. and 3 Others

Court No. - 8 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6726 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Food, Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anoop Vajpayee Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot,J. The petitioner is aggrieved by the cancellation of his fair price shop licence. Shri Pankaj Khare, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that the petitioner has an alternative and efficacious remedy of filing an appeal before the competent authority. Faced with this, Shri Anoop Vajpayee, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press the prayer sought in the writ petition. He recasts his relief and submits that the petitioner may be permitted to approach the appellate authority and his appeal may be decided within a stipulated period of time. In case the petitioner files an appeal within a period of two weeks from today, the appellate authority shall decide the same without going into the issue of delay preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a memo of the appeal along with a copy of this order. The writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 8.8.2023 Dhananjai High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench