Bombay High Court

RIYAZ YUSUF SAYYEDversusTHE COLLECTOR OF STAMPS AND JOINT DISTRICT REGISTRAR , CLASS-1, SOLAPUR AND ORS

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The Court held that the petitioner may reapply for the stamp vendor’s license and the respondents must consider the application expeditiously, not being bound by the 1996 and 2019 orders.

Summary

The petitioner, Riyaz Yusuf Sayyed, sought relief to reapply for a stamp vendor's license that had been cancelled in 1996 but the cancellation was not communicated to him until 2019. He contended that he had been acquitted of the criminal charges that led to the cancellation. The respondents, the Collector of Stamps and others, were asked to consider his fresh application without being bound by the earlier cancellation orders. The Court examined whether the petitioner was entitled to a fresh license despite the prior cancellation and whether the respondents could be directed to disregard the 1996 and 2019 orders. Relying on the petitioner's acquittal, the Court permitted the petitioner to apply anew and instructed the respondents to process the application expeditiously and in accordance with law. The petition was disposed with liberty to the petitioner to seek the license.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to reapply for the stamp vendor's license despite its cancellation in 1996 and delayed notice in 2019
Whether the respondents must consider the fresh application without being bound by the earlier cancellation orders

Subjects

stamp vendor license
licensing
writ petition
administrative law
due process

Judgment

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                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                         CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                          CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                      WRIT PETITION NO. 7080 OF 2025

Riyaz Yusuf Sayyed.                                          ...Petitioner.
        Versus
The Collector of Stamps and Others.                          ...Respondents.
                            ——————
Mr. I. M. Khairdi for the Petitioner.
Mr. P. P. Kakade, Addl. GP with Mr. V. M. Mali, AGP for the Respondent-State.
                                  ——————
                                    Coram :     Sharmila U. Deshmukh &
                                                Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ.
                                    Date      : October 5, 2026.
P. C. :

1.         Learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner, on instructions,

submits that Petitioner will apply afresh for the stamp vendor’s license,

which though cancelled in the year 1996, was not intimated to the

Petitioner till the year 2019.

2.         The petition is disposed of with liberty to the Petitioner to apply

afresh for stamp vendor’s license.            Respondents to consider such

application expeditiously and in accordance with law, without being

influenced by the orders of 23 rd September 1996 and 3rd May 2019, as

the contention of Petitioner is that the Petitioner has been acquitted of

the criminal charges.



 [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.]                           [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.]


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