JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the 34 Respondent pertaining to G.O.D.No.5, dated 20-1-2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the 1st Respondent to pay the petitioner the value of the Stamp Papers seized from the petitioner in a sum of Rs.5,94,120/-.)

1. The relief sought for in the present Writ Petition is to call for the records of the 3rd respondent pertaining to G.O.D.No.5, dated 20.01.2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the 1st respondent to pay the petitioner the value of the Stamp Papers seized from the petitioner, a sum of Rs.5,94,120/-.

2. The petitioner was a Stamp Vendor and doing the business at Palli-Agraharam, Thanjavur District. The petitioner received an order of suspension from the 1st respondent, the District Registrar, Thanjavur, dated 27.10.2004, suspending Stamp Vending business on the ground that there was variation between the Stamp Papers and the entries made in the Sales Register and selling the Stamp Papers outside the allotted area.

3. The show cause notice dated 17.02.2005 was issued to the petitioner and th