Amit Sharma v. State Of West Bengal & ORS

11.02.2022 Court No.13 Item No.14 AP WPA 21578 of 2019 With CAN 1 of 2020 (Old No: CAN 595 of 2020) With CAN 2 of 2021 Amit Sharma Vs.

The State of West Bengal and Ors.

(Through Video Conference) Ms. Jeenia Rudra Mr. Bhaskar Roy Ms. Sahili Dey ... For the Petitioner.

Mr. T.M. Siddiqui Mr. Nilotpal Chatterjee ... For the State.

Affidavit of service filed in Court today be kept with the record.

The writ petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that the respondent despite having inspected the petitioner's equipment and machineries has not passed orders on the application for renewal of the licence for repair of weight and measuring equipment. It is submitted by the State that the application of the petitioner is required to be considered under the provisions of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.

In these circumstances, the respondent No.3 shall consider and dispose of the petitioner's application for renewal of licence to repair, weighment and measuring equipment under the provisions of the Legal Metrology

Act, 2009 within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

The writ petitioner shall supply copies of all applications and other relevant documents already submitted by the petitioner earlier along with a copy of the writ petition. The petitioner may also make a personal representation before the Respondent No.3 in this regard. The responds shall, if necessary, be entitled to conduct an inspection afresh of the petitioner's equipment and documents and pass suitable orders within the period indicated hereinabove.

With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. In view of the disposal of the writ petition, all connected applications are also disposed of.

There shall be no order as to costs.

Since the respondents have not used any affidavits, the allegations made in the writ petition, shall not be deemed to have been admitted by them.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)