Supreme Court of India

The State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Gitashree Dutta (dey)

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Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 20 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: 7 (1955) 2 SCR 303 8 (1999) 4 SCC 458 9 (2011) 9 SCC 286 10 (2001) 2 SCC 62 THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. v.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Doctrines/Principles – Doctrine of legitimate expectation – Principle of Estoppel – When not applicable–National Food Security Act, 2013 – Cancellation of declaration of Fair Price Shop (FPS) vacancies in view of the implementation of 2013 Act– Correctness of – Held: Appellants were reposed with a responsibility of implementing the mandate of the 2013 Act and to bring about reforms in the existing Public Distribution System – In the present case, upon scrutiny, it was found that declaration of vacancies vide notification dtd.

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