PAWAN PALACE Vs. LICENSING AUTHORITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri Govind Krishna for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents.

(2.) IN view of the exchange of affidavits between the parties the present writ petition is being disposed of finally at the stage of admission in accordance with the Rules of Court,

(3.) ON behalf of the repondents. there is not much dispute pertaining to the facts Whit is urged is since his application under rule 4 was not In accordance with the requirements of the said rule and as per the sad scheme under the said G. O. only those cases would be covered for the grants-in-aid benefit who makes an application for exhibition of cinema between 1st January, 1983 and on or before 31st March, 1990 and since actual licence was granted after 31st March, 1990, as certain formalities were only concluded subsequent to the last date and formalities not being completed the application would not be an application as required under rale 4, and therefore, the petitioner would not be entitled for the benefit of grants in aid under the said scheme. Under paragraph 4 of the said scheme the benefit is to be given only to such persons who make an application for exhibiting cinemagraps films in a permanent cinema building within the aforesaid periods.