Reserved on 26.10.2021

Delivered on 01.12.2021

Court No. - 4

Case :- WRIT - C No. - 61758 of 2017

Petitioner :- Ms. Nagina Siddiqui

Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others

Counsel for Petitioner :- Madan Mohan,Prem Sagar Verma

Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.

Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.

1.

Heard Sri P.S.Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

Standing Counsel for the respondents-State.

2.

This writ petition arises out of the order dated 17.10.2017 passed by

District Supply Officer, District Firozabad suspending the fair price shop

license of the petitioner.

3.

The petitioner is a fair price shop dealer and is running the shop

after having been granted license in the urban area of District Firozabad.

Total number of 264 ration cards are attached to his shop. The dispute is

of September, 2017 wherein it has been alleged that essential

commodities/ration was distributed to only 208 card holders. After

coming of Uttar Pradesh Essential Commodities (Regulation of Sale and

Distribution Control) Order, 2016 (hereinafter called as “Control Order,

2016”),

the petitioner was required to distribute

essential

commodities/ration through Electronic P