Sikkim Court July 2003 Judgments
Shri Lal Bahadur Chhetri Vs. the State of Sikkim
Court: Sikkim
Decided on: Jul-21-2003
Reported in: AIR2004Sik1
ORDERN.S. Singh, J.1. In this writ petition, the writ petitioner questioned the validity of the Office Order No. 54(233) Home/96/156 dated 19th June 1996 as in Annexure-P10 to the writ petition by which the State Government withdrew the no objection and the allotment letter No. 77/Bldgs dated 21st April 1992 issued by the Chief Engineer-cum-Secretary, Buildings and Housing Department pertaining to the transfer of a plot of land along with Class-I quarters at Tibet Road to the petitioner, Shri L.B. Chhetri, by contending inter alia, that the impugned order was passed mechanically without application of mind, without any material arid in complete violation of principles of natural Justice and apart from that the legitimate right of the petitioner to property had been taken away and the impugned order virtually amounts to civil consequences.2. According to the writ petitioner, late P. B. Chhetri of Ipsing, Samdong, the father of the writ petitioner was decorated on the birthday of the Cho...
Tag this Judgment!State of Sikkim and ors. Vs. State of Tamil Nadu and ors.
Court: Sikkim
Decided on: Jul-21-2003
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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