Court : Sikkim
Reported in : AIR2004Sik11
ORDERN.S. Singh, J.1. In this writ petition, the writ petitioners, five in number, questioned the validity of the impugned notification bearing G.O. Ms. No. 20 dated 8th January 2003 issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu as in Annexure-P5 to the writ petition by contending inter alia, that the impugned notification is arbitrary, mala fide, ultra-vires of the scheme of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 and also violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. In the said writ petition, the writ petitioners highlighted the following facts :--Sikkim a sovereign kingdom is merged with the Union of India as its 22nd State. Sikkim is a small mountainous State with difficult terrain and no mineral resources worth the name and also has no industries other than few small-scale industries. Since the State of Sikkim has limited resource-generating capacity, it is highly underdeveloped. The petitioner-State has been exploring possibilities to generate and enhance its own revenue by variou...
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Wangdi, J. 1. Writ Petition (C) Nos.22 and 23 of 2012 were originally filed before the Hon ble Supreme Court being Writ Petition (C) Nos.101 and 102 of 2012 respectively. Vide order dated 08-05-2012 the Hon ble Supreme Court was pleased to transfer them to this Court for disposal under Article 226 of the Constitution of India as various issues involved in the cases were of local nature. We may reproduce the said order of the Hon ble Supreme Court which reads as under:- The question raised in these writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution should, in our view, be first considered by the Sikkim High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. There are various issues involved which are local in nature and should be considered at that level. Accordingly, let the writ petitions filed by Tenzing Bhutia and Another and Sonam Lama, which have been registered as be transferred to the Sikkim High Court, to be treated as writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Regist...
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