{"id":108640,"date":"2010-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-shaji-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-march-2010"},"modified":"2014-02-11T21:40:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T16:10:58","slug":"r-shaji-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-shaji-vs-state-of-kerala-on-17-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"R.Shaji vs State Of Kerala on 17 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">R.Shaji vs State Of Kerala on 17 March, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 8153 of 2010(T)\n\n\n1. R.SHAJI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. S.SUNDARESAN, KUTTIPPURATH VEEDU.\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIOENR,\n\n3. THE ASSISTATN EXCISE COMMISSIONER,\n\n4. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, CHATHANNOOR\n\n                For Petitioner  :DR.K.P.SATHEESAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :17\/03\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                        ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n                       ------------------\n             WP(C) Nos.8153 (T) &amp; 8603 (A) of 2010\n                  --------------------------\n             Dated, this the 17th day of March, 2010\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>       The petitioners are licensees and salesmen of toddy shops in<\/p>\n<p>Chathannoor Excise Range in Kollam district.        According to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners, they are entitled preference in the matter of allotment of<\/p>\n<p>toddy shops for the year 2010-2011. However, they apprehend<\/p>\n<p>that in view of Ext.P2, the Crime and Occurrence Report in<\/p>\n<p>C.R.No.12\/2008, and Crime and Occurrence Report in C.R.No.<\/p>\n<p>932\/2009, they are likely to be denied preference under Rule 5(1)(a)<\/p>\n<p>of the Abkari Shops Disposal Rules, 2002.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.   According to the petitioners, although crime has been<\/p>\n<p>registered and FIR has been lodged, offences have not been<\/p>\n<p>charged, and that therefore, mere registration of crime shall not<\/p>\n<p>result in denial of preference. The learned counsel also referred me<\/p>\n<p>to the judgment of this Court in WP(C) No.9603\/2008 in support of<\/p>\n<p>this contention.\n<\/p>\n<p>      3.   However, from the Crime and Occurrence Report in<\/p>\n<p>WP(C) Nos.8153 &amp; 8603\/2010<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                   -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>C.R.No.12\/2008 against the petitioners in WP(C) No.8153\/2010, it<\/p>\n<p>is noticed that the petitioners are accused for offences under<\/p>\n<p>Sections 8(1) &amp; (2), 55(a), 56(b) and 57(a) of the Abkari Act.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, offences alleged against the petitioners in WP(C)<\/p>\n<p>No.8603\/2010 are under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act and under<\/p>\n<p>various provisions of the Indian Penal Code. Rule 5(1)(a) of the<\/p>\n<p>Kerala Abkari Shops Disposal Rules, 2002 provides for preference,<\/p>\n<p>and one of the conditions for preference is that no abkari case is<\/p>\n<p>registered against the licensee, who claims privilege, other than<\/p>\n<p>under Section 56 of the Abkari Act. In this case, since from the<\/p>\n<p>crime and occurrence reports itself, it is evident that abkari cases<\/p>\n<p>are registered against the petitioners for offences other than under<\/p>\n<p>Section 56 of the Abkari Act, and in which case the petitioners<\/p>\n<p>cannot claim preference under Rule 5(1)(a) of the Abkari Shops<\/p>\n<p>Disposal Rules, 2002. In that view of the matter I am not persuaded<\/p>\n<p>to direct the respondents to give preference to the petitioners.<\/p>\n<p>      These writ petitions fails and are accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>                                        (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE)<br \/>\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court R.Shaji vs State Of Kerala on 17 March, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 8153 of 2010(T) 1. R.SHAJI, &#8230; Petitioner 2. S.SUNDARESAN, KUTTIPPURATH VEEDU. Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIOENR, 3. THE ASSISTATN EXCISE COMMISSIONER, 4. 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