JUDGMENT :

J.B.PARDIWALA, J.

1. This appeal under clause 15 of the Letters Patent Act is at the instance of the State of Gujarat (original respondent No.1) in the Special Civil Application No.1693 of 2015 filed by the respondent No.1 herein (original petitioner) challenging the order passed by the State Government dated 3rd December 2014 whereby his certificate to practice as a Notary Public came to be cancelled and he was permanently debarred from practicing as a Notary Public and is directed against the judgment and order dated 12th February 2016 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in the above referred writ application by which the learned Single Judge allowed the writ application preferred by the original petitioner.

2 The facts giving rise to this appeal may be summarised as under:

2.1 The respondent No.1 herein (original petitioner) entered into the roll of the Bar Council of Gujarat in December 1984. Later, he came to be appointed as a Notary Public by the Government of Gujarat, and in this regard, a certificate to practice dated 5th July 2002 was granted in favour of the original petitioner. A complaint came to be lodged against the original petitioner dated 24th Mar