MUKESH CHHETRI v. UNION OF INDIA AND 4 ORS.
Court: High Court of Meghalaya
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT MORE (FORMER JUDGE)
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Case summary
High Court of Meghalaya judgment dated 2020-10-12. MUKESH CHHETRI v. UNION OF INDIA AND 4 ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Serial No. 01 Regular List HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA AT SHILLONG WP(C) No. 304 of 2020 Date of Order: 12. 10. 2020 _____________________________________________________________ Shri. Mukesh Chhetri Vs. Union of India & 4 Ors. Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranjit More, Judge Appearance: For the Petitioner/Appellant(s) : Mr. R. Gurung, Adv. For the Respondent(s) : Dr. N. Mozika, Sr. ASG. for R 1 & 2. Mr. A. Kumar, AG with Ms. R. Colney, GA. for R 3 – 5. Heard. This petition is filed seeking direction to the respondent No. 5 to issue domicile certificate. It is the case of the petitioner that he had applied for domicile certificate as early as on 09-08-2019. However, decision is not taken on this application till today, despite directions issued by this Court in WP (C) No. 203 of 2016 reported in Rabbe Alam Vs State of Meghalaya and Ors, (2017) 1 MJ 128. Ms. R.
Colney, learned Government Advocate on instruction makes a statement that the petitioner’s application for domicile certificate is already rejected on 22-08-2019. She also makes a statement that copy of the order has already been uploaded on the Government website. Statement accepted. In above circumstances, present petition has rendered infructuous. Mr. R. Gurung, learned counsel for the petitioner accordingly seeks leave to withdraw this petition with liberty to file fresh petition challenging the order of the respondent No. 5 rejecting his application for domicile certificate. Leave with liberty as prayed for, granted. Petition disposed of. It is made clear that I have not gone into the merit of the petition and all points and contentions of the respective parties are specifically kept open. Judge Meghalaya 12. 10. 2020 “Biswarup PS”
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