Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday direct the Maharashtra government to respond to the litigation of public interests (pills), raising concerns over the shortcomings of non-judicial stamp papers in Mumbai, especially because of the lower number of vendors.
“The problem of scarcity of stamp vendors raised by the Applicant, Prima Facie, serious and requires further examination,” said the Justice Division bench Datta Datta and Justice Makarand Karnik, directed the government to the two-week file answered to the pill proposed by advocate.
The pill which is debated by Counsel Uday Warungjikar argues that Mumbai only has 13 licensed vendors including one bank run by Mantrallaya employees even though there are 3,556 licensed paper stamp vendors throughout Maharashtra.
Some numbers in the city lead to acute shortages of stamps in Mumbai, said the pill added that in 1999 Mumbai had more than 250 licensed stamp vendors, but the amount drastically fell after many of them handed over their licenses and stopped the vending paper stamps, because They were sued or arrested prosecution to sell fake stamps in fake stamp paper scams involving Abdul Karim Laadsab TELGI.
In March 2004, the government made policy decisions to provide stamp licenses that only to institutions such as banks, post offices.
Pills, said additional controllers stamps in Mumbai closed down 8 counters of government-managed stamp sales.
Stamp paper sales that are often sold with a value of Rs 100 and Rs 500 down during the locking pandemic to RS 65 Crore in 2020, from the average RS 100 Crore every year earlier.
Pills have also been seeking independent investigations about why vendors are limited.