( 1 ) THE petitioner, who is a Liquor Contractor, by this petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution calls into question the order of the Collector, Satna passed on July 1, 1968 cancelling his licence to sell country liquor by retail at village Babupur.

( 2 ) THE petitioner's licence was for a period of one year from 1st April, 1968 to 31st march, 1969. He was to keep his shop in village Babupur, but its exact location was not mentioned in the licence. From, form of the license prescribed under the excise Rules, it appears that ordinarily every licence in a schedule appended to it contains a description of the site and the boundaries where the licensee has to keep his shop, but in the case of the petitioner the schedule was left blank. This omission in the case of the petitioner gave rise to disputes regarding the location of the shop. According to the petitioner, he all along kept his shop in village babupur, but according to the Excise Inspector, the shop was outside the limits of babupur and was kept in a neighbouring village Nimmi. On 24th May, 1968 the excise Inspector seized the petitioner's licence and the stock of liquor present in the shop. The licen