1994 (11) TMI 244

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..... Shri C.A. Sundaram, Addl. C.G.S.C., for the Respondent. [Order]. -  Although W.M.P. Nos. 27407/1994 and 26382 of 1994 in W.P. No. 17363 of 1994 are posted today, the writ petition itself is taken up for final hearing with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties accordingly. 3. The petitioner in this writ petition has qu....

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....ate case where immediate action is necessary suspend the licence pending enquiry. 5. He submitted that the impugned order does not indicate anywhere that the Collector had formed an opinion to state that immediate action was necessary to suspend the licence to the petitioner pending enquiry contemplated for the contraventions. The learned counsel attacked the order of taking action under R....

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.... contraventions said to have been committed by the petitioner as can be seen from the impugned order. 7. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties. The power of the Collector to take action under Regulation 21(1) is not questioned in the writ petition. It cannot also be disputed that under Regulation 21(2) the Collector has the power to suspend the licen....