Exemption from filing permitted, with interim stay of deposit direction and permission for dasti service and notice.

Exemption from filing was allowed permitting the petition to proceed despite incomplete filing formalities. The earlier direction requiring the petitioner to deposit a requisite amount was stayed in its operation until the next returnable date, suspending the deposit obligation temporarily. Notice was issued returnable on the specified date, with permission for dasti service in addition to ordinary service and liberty to effect service on the Standing Counsel for the Union of India. The operative reliefs are procedural and interim: filing exemption, interim stay of the deposit directive, issuance of notice, dasti service, and service on Standing Counsel.

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Issues: (i) Whether exemption from filing could be allowed; (ii) Whether the order directing the petitioner to deposit the requisite amount should be stayed pending further orders; (iii) Whether notice, dasti service and liberty to serve standing counsel should be permitted.

Issue (i): Whether exemption from filing could be allowed.

Analysis: The petitioner's application for exemption from filing was considered and allowed by the Court permitting the petition to proceed despite the filing formalities not being completed.

Conclusion: Exemption from filing is allowed in favour of the petitioner.

Issue (ii): Whether the order directing the petitioner to deposit the requisite amount should be stayed pending further orders.

Analysis: The Court directed that the earlier order requiring the petitioner to deposit the requisite amount shall remain stayed in its operation until the next returnable date, thereby suspending the operation of that deposit directive for the interim period.

Conclusion: Interim stay of the deposit direction is granted in favour of the petitioner until the next returnable date.

Issue (iii): Whether notice, dasti service and liberty to serve standing counsel should be permitted.

Analysis: The Court issued notice returnable on the specified date, permitted dasti service in addition to ordinary service, and granted liberty to effect service on the Standing counsel for the Union of India.

Conclusion: Notice is issued, dasti service is permitted, and liberty to serve the Standing counsel for the Union of India is granted.

Final Conclusion: The Court granted interim and procedural reliefs including exemption from filing, issuance of notice, permission for dasti service, liberty to serve the Standing counsel for the Union of India, and an interim stay of the deposit direction until the next returnable date.

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