On May 24, 1993 the Excise Commissioner rejected the applications for renewal in the light of G.O. dated November 9, 1992 as directed by the Board.
Two special leave petitions were filed against this order.
In pursuance of this order applications filed by the appellants for renewal of their licence for 1993 94 appears to have been forwarded by the Excise Commissioner to the Board of Revenue which in its turn returned it with instructions to dispose them of in the light of G.O. No.
This petition was disposed of on March 30, 1993 directing the respondents to dispose of the applications for renewal filed by the appellants as directed by this Court in accordance with law and on merits.
179/92/TD dated November 9, 1992.
One was numbered as 2310 17 of 1993 and the other as 3391 of 1993.
In Special Leave Petition Nos.
5808 of 1993 in which numberice was issued on May 13, 1993.
Since they belonged to the Haryana Public Works Department Irrigation Branch they were governed by source 4 of the said rules.
This order was challenged by Special Leave Petition Civil No.
4152 of 1993.
Some other petitions came up for hearing before the High Court on March 4, 1993 which were decided on March 10, 1993.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by M. SAHAI, J. These are four appeals directed against judgment and order of the High Court of Kerala.
However, since on March 1, 1993 this Court had permitted the appellants to approach the companycerned authorities and yet a statement had been issued on behalf of the State Government the appellants approached the High Court, once again, for issue of direction to opposite parties to renew the licences of the appellants for the years 1993 94.
The petitions were dismissed on February 1, 1993.
2310 17 of 1993 and 3391 of 1993 a Bench of this Court on March 1, 1993 passed the following order Issue numberice both on special leave petitions as well as on petitions for stay.
The appellants are owners or proprietors of hotels and restaurants who were granted FL 3 licences under Rule 13 3 of the Kerala Excise Rules in October 1992 for the year 1992 93.
This order has been challenged by a separate Special Leave Petition C No.
