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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
RAKESH THAPLIYAL
Ghanshyam Singh Snehi – Appellant
Versus
State Of Uttarakhand – Respondent
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| 1. identical issues warrant clubbing writ petitions. (Para 1) |
| 2. no upper age limit for notary renewal. (Para 2) |
| 3. impugned order contrary to prior judgment. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 4. quashed prior order renders impugned unsustainable. (Para 5) |
| 5. mandamus for fresh renewal consideration. (Para 6 , 7) |
JUDGMENT :
Rakesh Thapliyal, J.
1. Since in all these writ petitions identical issue are involved, therefore, for the sake of brevity all the writ petitions are clubbed together and decided by a common order.
2. In all these petitions the petitioners are aggrieved by the impugned order passed by the Principal Secretary, Law and Legal Remembrancer, Government of Uttarakhand Dehradun. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the order impugned is completely contrary to the judgment passed by the Coordinate Bench on 08.10.2025 in bunch of wirt petitions the leading one WPMS No. 7 of 2025, Sunil Kumar Goyal vs. State of Uttarakhand and others. The relevant extract of the judgment passed by the Coordinate Bench are being reproduced herein as under:-
“8. The Parliament enacted The Notaries Act, 1952, which came into force on 14.02.1956. Section 3 thereof enables the Central Governmen
Renewal of notary certificate cannot be refused absent statutory grounds like misconduct; state must consider applications per Act and Rules without extra-statutory conditions and comply with binding....
Court may direct consideration of a delayed notary renewal request on merits within a reasonable time.
The court directed prompt consideration of an application for renewal of a Notary's certificate, emphasizing statutory compliance and expediency.
The court mandates timely processing of renewal applications for professional certifications, ensuring concerned parties are heard.
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