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2020 (5) TMI 30 - MEGHALAYA HIGH COURTMeghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018 - Closing down all running illegally teer-counters in the State and to provide age limit restrictions for entering into the betting of teer and to ensure that the distance in terms of Section 6 of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018 - case of petitioner is that many such teer-counters in different parts of the State, especially in Garo Hills and Tura district, are being run without obtaining any license - sole purpose of filing this PIL is to ensure compliance of various provisions of the Act of 2018 and also to ensure that the State exchequer is not put to any loss of revenue - HELD THAT:- Compliance of Section 6 of the Act of 2018 has to be scrupulously ensured which mandates the teer-counters and bookmakers are required to be located not less than 1000 feet or 300 meters away from the nearest place of worship or educational institution. No doubt the petitioner has not given any specific instances except making certain allegations against the respondent No.9-Association, nevertheless, it is the mandatory duty of the respondent-authorities, especially the Commissioner of Taxes and Superintendent of Taxes located in different districts in the State, particularly Tura Circles I and II, to ensure periodical checking of all such sites where licensees of the earlier Act of 1982 used to run the teer-counters and elsewhere, and if any new teer-counters has been established, and are being run. The respondent-State is directed to ensure that the sites of all teer-counters in the State are inspected, especially those teer-counters, which were run by earlier licenses and if such teer-counters are found to run without new license, they should be immediately closed down and should be allowed to operate only if they obtain the license and fulfill various requirements under the Act of 2018 especially Sections 6 and 16 - petition disposed off.
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