ARUN DUTTABOXI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner in this art.226 petition dated June 6, 2011 is questioning a decision of the Inspector General of Registration and Commissioner of Stamp Revenue, West Bengal dated March 8, 2011 (at p.48) turning down his application for an order directing the Registrar concerned to issue him a licence under the West Bengal Registration (Deed Writers) Rules, 1999.

(2.) IN his undated application at p.39 submitted to the INspector- General of Registration and Commissioner of Stamp Revenue the petitioner stated as follows. His late father-in-law was a Deed Writer within the meaning of the West Bengal Registration (Deed Writers) Rules, 1999. He was working in his fatherin- laws office as an assistant. After death of his father-in-law his income reduced and financial troubles started in his family. Watching his and his familys condition the concerned heirs and legal representatives of his father-inlaw felt sorry and they decided to encourage him so that he might get a licence to work as a Deed Writer.

(3.) IT is evident from the provisions of r.6 that an order directing the Registrar to issue a licence to a person applying under the rule can be issued only when it is found that the Deed Writer dying-in-harness left his family in immediate need of assistance. In this case the petitioner stated in his own application that death of his Deed Writer father-in-law left his family in immediate need of assistance. IT is not the case that the death left the family of the deceased Deed Writer in immediate need of assistance. The case rather is that the concerned family of the deceased Deed Writer felt sorry for the petitioner and decided to encourage him to apply for a licence in terms of r.6 of the rules.