Neutral Citation No. - 2022:AHC-LKO:33643 AFR Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 5098 of 2017 Petitioner :- Ajay Pratap Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru Secy.Exice Civil Sectt. Lucnow And Ors.

Counsel for Petitioner :- Manoj Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.

Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.

1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel.

2. The present writ petition has been filed challenging the order dated

24.02.2016 whereby 06 country liquor and 02 Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) licenses of the petitioner were cancelled and the security as well as the licence fee was forfeited in exercise of powers under Section 34 of The United Provinces Excise Act, 1910 as well as the appellate order dated 22.03.2016 whereby the appeal preferred by the appellant was dismissed and the order dated 17.02.2017 whereby the revision preferred by the petitioner before the State Government was rejected.

3. The facts in brief leading to the filing of the present writ petition are that the petitioner was granted six licences of country liquor shop in District Amethi in exercise of the powers conferred under the Uttar Pradesh Excise (Settlement of Lic