1. - The petitioner was having licence to run country made liquor shops at Gadarkheda, Khairuwala and Budhsinghwala. On inspection a team of the Department of Excise on 25.8.2009 found at Khairuwala shop 20 quarters of country liquor adulterated. A penal action, therefore, was taken and under an under dated 31.3.2010 the licence granted to the petitioner to have shop at Khairuwala was cancelled. A challenge to the order dated 31.3.2010 by way of filing a petition for writ before this Court also failed under an order dated 8.4.2010.

2. So far as licence relating to liquor shops at Gadarkheda and Budhsinghwala is concerned, those were renewed on 1.4.2010 and the petitioner purchased liquor for those shops from Ganganagar Sugar Mills, a public sector enterprise. On 23.4.2010 the District Excise Officer, Sriganganagar issued a notice to the petitioner for cancellation of licence relating to country made liquor shops at Gadarkheda and Budhsinghwala in view of the fact that the liquor was found adulterated at Khairuwala liquor shop. A reply to the notice was submitted, however, vide the order dated 6.5.2010 the competent authority cancelled licence of the petitioner to have shops