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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN

AT JODHPUR

D.B.Civil Writ Petition No.7879/2011

Wood Work Handicraft Association V/s State of Rajasthan

& ors.

Date when the order

was reserved

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16.5.2012

Date of pronouncement

of order

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19.6.2012

PRESENT

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.ARUN MISHRA

HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANGEET LODHA

Mr.A.K.Khatri for the petitioner.

Mr.M.A.Siddiqui for the respondents.

ORDER

BY THE COURT (Per Hon'ble Arun Mishra, CJ)

In this petition, the petitioner-Association has

questioned the amendments made in Rules 6 and 7 of the

Rajasthan Forest Produce (Establishment & Regulation

of Saw Mills) Rules, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as

“the Rules of 1983”). By amending Rule 6, the

application fee for permit/license, which was earlier

Rs.25/-, has been revised to Rs.250/-; fee for grant

of permit/license, which was earlier Rs.250/-, has been

revised to Rs.2500/- and the security deposit for grant

of license, which was earlier Rs.500/-, has been

revised to Rs.5000/-. Earlier there was no time limit

prescribed for the validity of the license and now by

inserting new sub-rule (iv) in Rule 7 of the Rules of

1983, the per