RANCHI, India, March 2 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Jan. 30:
1. The present writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs:-
"i. For issuance of appropriate writs)/ order(s)/ quashing the Order No. 40, Memo No. 1050; Order No.15, Memo No. 1025; Order No. 33, Memo No. 1048; Order No. 43, Memo No. 1053; Order No. 39, Memo No. 1049; Order No. 49, Memo No. 1039; Order No. 25, Memo No. 1032 and Order No. 23, Memo No. 1034; Order No. 27, Memo No. 1037; Order No. 26, Memo No. 1036; Order No. 42, Memo No. 1052; Order No. 10, Memo No. 1020; Order No. 18, Memo No. 1038 dated 23.07.2019 whereby and whereunder the petitioners' prayer for the grant of license under the Bihar Deed Writers Licensing Rules, 1996 has been rejected by the respondent no. 3.
ii. For a further direction upon the respondents particularly upon respondent no. 3 for the issuance of license to the petitioner as Deed Writers as they are writing Deeds in the office of the respondent no. 4 since long (more than 10 years).
iii. During the pendency of the writ petition, the general notice (contained in Annxure-4) be stayed and the petitioners be allowed to continue to write Deeds."
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3. The relevant Rule operating in the field has been quoted in the impugned rejection order (Annexure-2 series) which reads as under:-
"3. (a) Qualification- The following shall be qualification for a deed writer.
(b) "District Registrar" means the Registrar of a Registration district appointed under the Act. (c) he has passed Deed Writers licensing examination conducted under Rule, Provided that a license may be granted to any person who has been in the profession of that documents writer for at least ten years prior the date of the Registration (Bihar Amendment) Act 1991 came into force, without requiring him to appear in the written test referred to in sub-section (1) if the Registrar of a District or any other officer authorized by him in this behalf is satisfied that he is otherwise fit to take the profession of document writer.
(d). "Sub Registrar" means a Sub-Registrar appointed under the Act and includes a Joint Registrar.
(e). "Registration" means Registration of document under the Act. 5. Examination- (1) The examination for "The Deed Writers Licence" shall be conducted by the licensing authority. The time and place of the examination and other details shall be notified by the licensing authority. The setting of question papers and its printing shall be done by the District Registrar.
7. Issue of licence.-
(1) The licensing authority, on being satisfied that the applicant:-
(a) has passed the prescribed examination;
(b) is not disqualified under rule for the grant of licence;
(c) is of good moral character, or
(d) is otherwise fit to be given a licence may grant a document writers licence in Form 'C' or apprentice licence in From 'D' as the case may be.
2. The licensing authority may grant a licence to any person who is in the profession for the last 10 years on the date of coming into force of these rules without requiring him to appear in the text examination.
3. If the licence issuing authority has reason to believe that licence cannot be issued to the applicant under any sub-rule of rule 7 the authority shall after recording reasons inform the refusal of application."
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