Public Distribution System: Fair Price shop – Cancellation of licence – Dispute relating to a fair price shop between the two private individuals namely, appellant and respondent no.1 – Magistrate cancelled the licence of respondent no.1 in relation to the shop in question – Commissioner dismissed the appeal – High Court allowed the writ petition filed by respondent no.1 mainly on the ground that it was not a reasoned order and that the Commissioner did not discuss all the issues arising in the case – In the instant appeal, appellant challenged the order of High Court on the ground that same adversely affected his right to run the shop – Held: High Court having held that the order of the Commissioner was not legally sustainable because it was an unreasoned order, had an option to either decide the controversy on merits in the writ petition itself or remand the case to the Commissioner for deciding the appeals afresh on merits – Since High Court did not exercise any option, neither the Commissioner could record any finding on merits nor the High Court – Matter remanded back to the Commissioner to enable him to examine the merits of the case in accordance with law.
Partly allowing the appeal and remitting the matter to Commissioner, the Court
HELD : The parties were entitled for a decision of their case on merits by the Appellate Court (Commissioner) and then by the High Court in its writ jurisdiction. In this case, neither the Commissioner could record any finding on the merits and nor the High Court. [Para 13][1207-E-F]
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