As per case facts... The petitioner, a card holder, along with other card holders, filed complaints against respondent no. 4, a fair price shop dealer, for not running the shop ... properly. An inquiry led to the cancellation of respondent no. 4's license, but this was overturned on appeal. Consequently, the petitioner filed a writ petition. The respondent raised a preliminary objection regarding the petitioner's locus standi, arguing that a complainant and card holder had no standing to file the writ petition. The question arose... whether a complainant, who is merely a card holder and initiated the original complaint, possesses the necessary locus standi to file a writ petition challenging an appellate order that reinstated the license of a fair price shop dealer, and if the High Court can entertain such a petition despite objections to maintainability. Finally... The High Court, referring to the Supreme Court's decision in *Ayaaubkhan Noorkhan Pathan*, ruled that a writ petition filed by a complainant cannot be dismissed at the outset on the grounds of maintainability. The Court affirmed that a complainant has the right to approach the court, although the decision to intervene in the challenged orders remains a separate consideration, contingent upon the merits of the case.