Madhya Pradesh Court November 1964 Judgments

Mohammad Ayub Ganibhai Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and ors.

Court: Madhya Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1965MP166; 1965MPLJ199

Dixit, C.J.1. This IN an application under Article 226 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ of certiorari for quashing an order passed on 10th August 1964 by the Collector, Durg, as the licensing Officer tinder the Rice Milling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1958, revoking the licence dated 12th January 1962 granted to the petitioner under the Act for carrying on rice-milling operation in his rice-mill.2. The order of the Collector has been assailed inter alia on the ground that the show-cause notice, which was issued to the petitioner on 21st April 1964, was invalid inasmuch as it was issued by the Food Officer who had no jurisdiction whatsoever under Section 7 of the Act to revoke the petitioner's licence; and that the notice was neither signed by the Collector, who was the Licensing Officer under the Act, nor authorised by him. When this petition came up before us for consideration of the petitioner's application for the issue of an interim direction for suspending the operation ...