IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12379 of 2021

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Ex-Armymens Welfare and Security Services Pvt. Ltd. a company registered

under the provisions of the Companies Act having its registered office at Azad

Path, Opposite Doon Public School, New Bus Stand, Bigrahpur, P.O.- GPO,

P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna, Pincode- 800001, through its Manager-cum-

Authorized Signatory, Mr. Akhouri Naresh Kumar, aged about 55 years

(Male), Son of Akhouri Ganga Prasad, Resident of Housing Colony,

Bhootnath Road, P.O. and P.S.- Agamkuan, District- Patna, Pincode- 800026.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union of India through Secretary, Department of Civil Aviation, New

Delhi- 110001.

2.

The Airport Authority of India through its Chairmn, Rajeev Gandhi Bhawan,

New Delhi- 110003.

3.

Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Ministry of Civil Aviation, A- Wing,

Janpath Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001.

4.

The Commissioner of Security, Civil Aviation, Bureau of Civil Aviation,

Security of Civil Aviation, Government of India, A-Wing, Janpath Bhawan,

Janpath, New Delhi- 110001.

5.

Deputy Commissioner of Security (CA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security,

Ministry of Civil Aviation, A-Wing, Janpath Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi-

110001.

6.

Assistant Director (Policy), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Ministry of

Civil Aviation, A-Wing, Janpath Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001.

7.

Joint Director (QCNOPS), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Ministry of

Civil Aviation, A-Wing, Janpath Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001.

8.

Section Officer, Airport Authority of India Section, Ministry of Civil

Aviation, New Delhi.

... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s

:

Mr. Ashish Giri, Adv.

For the Respondent/s

:

Dr. K.N. Singh, Sr. Advocate/Additional Solicitor

General

Mr. Anshay Bahadur Mathur, Adv.

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA

CAV JUDGMENT

01-09-2021

Heard Mr. Ashish Giri, learned counsel for the

petitioner and Dr. K.N. Singh, Senior Advocate, learned

Additional Solicitor General along with Mr. Anshay Bahadur

Mathur, learned counsel for the respondents through video

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conferencing.

2. The petitioner which is a Private Limited Company

has filed the present writ application for following relief(s):-

“(i) To hold and declare that the notification

dated 29.06.2021 issued under the signature of

the Joint Director, Bureau of Civil Aviation and

the letter dated 30.06.2021 issued by the Section

Officer, Airport Authority of India Section,

Ministry of Civil Aviation by which the services

of the agencies performing ground handling

services at the airports enlisted therein has been

extended from 30.06.2021 upto 15.07.2021 &

31.07.2021 respectively will not be applicable to

the petitioner who is performing ground handling

services in Patna and Ranchi Airports as the

Security clearance having been granted in terms

of the airport Authority of India (Ground

Handling Services) Regulations, 2018 whose

security clearance is valid for a period of 5 years

with effect from 11.06.2019.

(ii) To alternatively quash the said

decisions/letters dated 29.06.2021 issued under

the signature of the Joint Director, Bureau of

Civil Aviation and the letter dated 30.06.2021

issued by the Section Officer, Airport Authority

of India Section, Ministry of Civil Aviation

limiting the ground handling services of the

petitioner for a period of only upto 15.07.2021

contrary to the security clearance granted to it for

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