(Per : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA)

As common questions of fact and law are involved in this batch of petitions, they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

In all the writ petitions the prayers are common. The petitioners who have been issued licence under Section 33 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 to run eating house/restaurant in the city of Ahmedabad have preferred these petitions with the following prayers :-

“(A) Your Lordships may be pleased to hold and declare that the respondent no.1, his officers, servants, etc. have no power, authority and/or jurisdiction to make any further endorsement on the licence of the petitioner – Licence Holder and thereby to restrain the petitioner establishment to run Hukka Bar.

(AA) Your Lordships may be pleased to quash and set aside the circular/notification dated 14.07.2011 issued by the Commissioner of Police, City Ahmedabad.

(B) Your Lordships may be pleased to hold and declare that any further endorsement made on the License of the petitioner by the respondent no.1, his officers, agents, etc., if any, is illegal and the same is not binding to the petitioner – License Holder and in conf