HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 8738/2022
Apollo Animal Medical Group Trust
----Petitioner
Versus
The State Of Rajasthan & Ors.
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. S.K. Gupta, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. Shashi Bhushan Gupta and Mr. Rahul Sharma For Respondent(s) :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDESH BANSAL (V.J.) Order 16/06/2022 Learned counsel for petitioner submits that on the basis of FIR No.194/2022 registered against the petitioner, the Police Superintendent Anti Corruption Bureau has written a letter dated 08.06.2022 (Annexure-9) to the Commissioner Devasthan Department, Rajasthan recommending for appointment of administrator and seizure of the trust accounts.
Learned counsel for petitioner submits that as far as FIR is concerned, the same is under challenge in the S.B. Criminal Misc. Petition No.5196/2022 before the High Court and interim order for not taking any coercive steps against the petitioner has been passed therein. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that Commissioner, Devasthan vide judgment dated 01.11.2021 has already passed an order to remove the stay on the withdrawal from the bank accounts of trust. He further submits that the Police Commissioner, ACB has no jurisdiction to instruct/ recommend the (Downloaded on 18/06/2022 at 08:08:39 PM) (2 of 2) [CW-8738/2022] Commissioner, Devasthan for appointment of administrator and seizure of trust accounts and the letter dated 08.06.2022 is arbitrary and without jurisdiction hence deserves to be quashed.
Heard.
Issue notice to respondents of writ petition as well as stay application, returnable by 25.07.2022.
In the meanwhile, the operation of impugned letter dated 08.06.2022 and the consequential proceedings initiated in pursuant thereof, if any, shall remain stayed.
Put up again on 25.07.2022.
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