Hon’ble Sunil Ambwani, J.—Heard Shri Deepak Kumar Jaiswal, learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel.

2. The petitioner’s father was appointed an authorised dealer of fair price shop in the year 1976 under a contract with the State of U.P. The distribution is now regulated by the U.P. Scheduled Commodities (Distribution) Order, 2004. His shop is situate in Katra, a busy commercial locality in the city of Allahabad. In the year 1993 the shop was transferred to the petitioner.

3. The shop was inspected by an inspecting party of the civil supplies department on 10.2.2005. It is alleged that stocks were found to be correct but the inspecting party took away the sales register of the period 1.8.2004 to 31.1.2005. The petitioner, however, was not given the receipts, either on the same day or on the next day, when he met the Addl. District Magistrate. In the inspection note it was stated that the stock and rate board was not displayed, and that not a single card holder was present, whereas the dealer had entered a good amount of kerosene oil distributed on that day upto the time of inspection. On that date 13 fair price shops were inspected between 11.50 a.m. t