{"id":12398,"date":"2002-08-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mohd-shakir-vs-lt-governor-and-ors-on-6-august-2002"},"modified":"2017-04-28T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T03:31:05","slug":"mohd-shakir-vs-lt-governor-and-ors-on-6-august-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mohd-shakir-vs-lt-governor-and-ors-on-6-august-2002","title":{"rendered":"Mohd. Shakir vs Lt. Governor And Ors. on 6 August, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Delhi High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mohd. Shakir vs Lt. Governor And Ors. on 6 August, 2002<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 2003 Delhi 42<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S K Kaul<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S K Kaul<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> Sanjay  Kishan Kaul,  J. <\/p>\n<p>1.  The petition has been filed seeking a writ of<br \/>\nmandamus against the decision of the respondents in<br \/>\nrevoking the license of the petitioner in terms of the<br \/>\norder dated 12.7.2002. The license was granted to the petitioner     on  6.11.2001  under  Section  415  of  the  Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957(hereinafter referred to as the said Act ) .\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Initially a decision was taken to revoke the<br \/>\nlicense on 11.3.2002 and the same was challenged by the<br \/>\npetitioner by filing writ petition No. 1986\/2002. The<br \/>\ndecision of the respondent was held not be in<br \/>\naccordance with law since no opportunity of hearing had<br \/>\nbeen granted to the petitioners.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. As per the terms and conditions of the license<br \/>\nthe petitioner made an application for renewal of the<br \/>\nlicense. The relevant clause is clause 10 of the terms<br \/>\nand  conditions  which  is  as  under:-\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;10. The licensee is informed that if he wants to renew the license, he will have to deposit license fee within one month from the close of current licensing period. If he fails to deposit the license fee with in one month he will have to pay license fee along with composition fee which will be determined by the Corporation from time to time. With regard to levy of composition fee, no .other information will be given.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>4. On 7.6.2002 a notice was issued to the<br \/>\npetitioner that nuisance and health hazard was being<br \/>\ncreated prejudicial to the public health in violation of the terms and conditions of the license under  Sections 415 and 397 of the said Act. It was stated in the said show cause notice that carcasses were hanging outside the shop being polluted with dust and flies; meat shop was also situated less than 100 meters from the religions place; shop was running under insanitary and unhygienic conditions; wire gauge fitted door and windows\/glass doors were found open at the time of sale of meat; wash basin was not found and exhaust fans were also not found. The petitioner replied to the show cause notice denying the allegations in so far as other the aspects are concerned and stating that there was no restriction in running the shop within 100 meters of the place of worship.\n<\/p>\n<p>5. After consideration of the show cause notice a<br \/>\nrevocation order was passed on 12.7.2002 stating that<br \/>\nthe license for running the business of buffalo meat<br \/>\nshop    was    given  on  the  basis  of  the  NOC  issued  by    the Delhi  Police  and  that  during  enquiries  conducted  by  the Vigilance     Department  of  the  respondent  corporation     it was     found     that  the  shop  was  running  at   less  than     100 meters     of     religious     place\/place  of  worship     and     the reply     not     being  found  satisfactory  to  the  show     cause notice.,   it  wsa  directed  the  petitioner  should  close  the business  with  immediate  effect.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n \n\n6. Learned  counsel  for  the  petitioner  contends  that\n   in    terms  of  the  parameters  of  Section  430 of  the     said\nAct     a     reasonable     opportunity  must  be     given     to     the\npetitioner     before     making  any  order  or     suspension     or\nrevocation.       Learned     counsel  for  the     petitioner     has\nalso    referred  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of     licenses\nunder     Section     417     read  with  Section  430  of     the     Act\n<\/pre>\n<p>issued  by  the  Additional  Deputy  Commissioner (Licencing)<br \/>\non     31.2.1998  where  clause  10  provides  that  in  case     no<br \/>\naction     is     taken     on  the  renewal     application     by     the<br \/>\ncompetent     authority     within  3  months  from  the  date     of<br \/>\nreceipt  of  the  application,   the   license  shall   be  deemed<br \/>\nto  be  renewed.\n<\/p>\n<pre>7. Learned     counsel   for  the  petitioner   has  referred\nto   the     judgment     of     the    Supreme     Court     in     Raj\nRestaurant and   Anr.  v.  MCD     to contend that where a license is required obviously refusal to give license or cancellation or revocation of license would be visited with both civil and pecuniary consequences and as the business cannot be carried on without the license it would also affect the\nlivelihood     of  the  person.     In  such  a  situation     before\neither     refusing  to  renew  the  license  or  cancelling   or\nrevoking    the     same    the  minimum  principle    of     natural\njustice    of     notice  and  opportunity  to  represent     one's\ncase     is     a  must     Learned  counsel  for     the     petitioner\nalso     relies  upon  the  judgment  of  the  Supreme  Court     in\n <a href=\"\/doc\/823995\/\">State    of  U.P. and Ors. v. Daulat Ram Gupta<\/a> 2002 AD (SC)\n476    where  it  was  held  that  there  are  two     restrictions\non    the    power  of  the  State  Government  or     a    licencing\nauthority  while  issuing  a  general   or   special   direction:\nfirstly  such  directions  should  not  be  inconsistent  with\nstatutory     order     and     secondly  such  direction     can     be\nissued  only  for  purposes  of  giving  effect  to  provisions\nof  the  statutory  order.\n \n\n8. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that\nthe termination of license of the petitioner cannot be\ngiven effect to since there is no statutory order which\ndebars the petitioner from carrying on such business.\n\n \n\n9. I have considered the submissions advanced by\nlearned counsel for the petitioner.\n\n \n\n<\/pre>\n<p>10. There can be no doubt on the proposition that a reasonable opportunity of being heard must be given to a license holder before a decision is taken for revocation\/cancellation of the license. The rule of audi altrem partem must be followed and that is the ratio of the judgment of the Supreme Court in M\/s. Raj Restaurant&#8217;s case(supra). In fact it is on this very principle that CW No. 1986\/2002 was allowed on 22.3.2002 in the case of the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>11. However, the facts on record now show that in<br \/>\nfact a show cause notice was issued to the petitioner<br \/>\non 7.6.2002 to which the petitioner replied on<br \/>\n14.6.2002. The impugned order dated 12.7.2002 was<br \/>\npassed after the show cause notice dated 7.6.2002 as<br \/>\nalso the letter dated 28.6.2002 for personal appearance<br \/>\nof the petitioner in the office of the licencing<br \/>\nauthority. Thus the petitioner has been given a<br \/>\nreasonable opportunity of being heard.\n<\/p>\n<p>12. In so far as the claim of the petitioner in<br \/>\nrespect of the license is concerned, the license was<br \/>\ninitially for a specified period of one year which was<br \/>\ncapable of being renewed on an application being made<br \/>\nin advance. The petitioner made such application in<br \/>\nadvance but a decision had been taken to revoke the<br \/>\nlicense. Thus there cannot be any question of<br \/>\nextension of license as a decision has been taken to<br \/>\nrevoke the license and thus application of the<br \/>\npetitioner for renewal stands rejected. There cannot<br \/>\nbe, in my considered view, an inherent right to get the<br \/>\nlicense renewed.\n<\/p>\n<p>13. The reason given by the respondent for<br \/>\nrevocation of the license is on account of the fact<br \/>\nthat the shop is within the proximity of a religious<br \/>\nplace of worship. This is in pursuance to a decision<br \/>\ntaken by the Tehbazari Committee on 13.1.83 resulting<br \/>\nin a circular dated 29.1.83.\n<\/p>\n<p>14. It is not necessary to go into the aspect<br \/>\nwhether such minutes or decision have or do not have<\/p>\n<p>statutory force, since certainly a policy decision has been taken. Since such policy decision is taken that licenses will not be given within a distance of 100 metres of the place of worship and the license period is expiring it is not mandated on the respondent corporation to renew the license contrary to such policy decision. The mere allegation that in certain other areas license has not been terminated can be of no avail to the petitioners in view of the policy decision.\n<\/p>\n<p>15. In my considered view it is not appropriate to<br \/>\nissue any direction under Article 226 of the<br \/>\nConstitution of India mandating the respondent to renew<br \/>\na license contrary to a policy decision taken in this<br \/>\nbehalf.\n<\/p>\n<pre>16. In     view     of     the  aforesaid  position   I     find     no\nmerit     in     the  writ  petition  and  the  same   is     dismissed\nleaving     the  parties  to  bear  their   own  costs.     Needless\nto  say  that  the  respondents  should  implement  the  policy\ndecision  uniformly  in  other   areas. \n \n\n \n CM  8056\/2002\n\n \n\n17.          Dismissed.\n \n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court Mohd. Shakir vs Lt. Governor And Ors. on 6 August, 2002 Equivalent citations: AIR 2003 Delhi 42 Author: S K Kaul Bench: S K Kaul JUDGMENT Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J. 1. 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