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He (the learned Advocate-General) referred to Rule 6, in particular and said that even the Commissioner cannot grant a licence to the man of his choice without the prior approval of the Government. We note, with interest, the express reservation in the Rules of the Government's controlling authority. But we are not inclined to regard it as having any positive content. The proviso to Rule 6 has to be understood strictly in a negative sense. At best, it confers on the Government only a power of veto. By itself, it does not make the Government the final arbiter between competing claims. The weighing of the pros and cons and the consideration of the merits and demerits of the applicants remain, from first to last, with the Commissioner as his sole responsibility. He cannot surrender his duty, under the Rules to take decision out of a false sense of frustration that whatever be his decision, it will yet be subject to ultimate approval by the Government. Again, his task is by no means recommendatory; it is adjudicatory. The requirement of the Government's prior approval does not mean that the Commissioner should subordinate his individual judgment, much less silence it. All it means is that in addition to a decision based on the Commissioner's own individual judgment, the Rules require the Government's approval of that decision as necessary for the conferment of the privilege on the chosen individual. We do not mean to suggest that the Government's power to approve is an empty formality. For its function is to act as a check upon the whims of the Commissioner. A Commissioner may commit human error. He may have his favourites. Or he may err on a matter of principle. The Government can and must use the veto power in all such cases. While Government's approval is a necessary part of the validity of every licence, the enabling power cannot be employed as a machinery for a review in every case. The discretion of the Commissioner, properly exercised, will have to be respected; approval can be withheld by the Government only where the Commissioner has misused his discretion.