CHA licence revocation sustained for non-intimation of firm dissolution and breach of licensing regulations.

Revocation of a CHA licence was upheld where the licence had been issued to a partnership firm that was found to have been dissolved, and no material was produced to displace that finding. The dissolution notice and the High Court order in the dissolution proceedings supported the conclusion that the application for renewal in the name of the dissolved firm, coupled with failure to intimate the change in constitution to the departmental authorities, constituted breach of the licensing regulations. On that proved contravention, the revocation order was sustained and the appeal rejected.

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Issues: Whether revocation of the CHA licence for violation of the licensing regulations, arising from dissolution of the partnership firm and non-intimation of the change in constitution, was sustainable.

Analysis: The licence had been issued to a partnership firm, and the authority found that the firm had already been dissolved. The record relied upon included the dissolution notice and the High Court order in the dissolution proceedings. In the absence of any material to dislodge that finding, the non-renewal application in the name of the dissolved firm and the failure to intimate the departmental authorities established contravention of the relevant regulations. The revocation order was therefore supported by the proved breach.

Conclusion: The revocation of the CHA licence was upheld and the appeal was rejected.

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