(1.) Rule. The learned senior standing counsel waive service of notice of rule on behalf of the respective respondents forthwith. Since the controversy involved in both these petitions is the same, they were taken up for hearing together and are decided by this common judgment.
(2.) The facts of the case in Special Civil Application No. 20748 of 2018 are that the first petitioner (hereinafter referred to as the "petitioner company") is a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act and engaged in the business of printing. The second petitioner is a Director of the petitioner company.
(3.) Insofar as facts of Special Civil Application No. 7414 of 2019 are concerned, the first petitioner is a partnership firm and is engaged in the business of transportation and provides services as a transport contractor. The petitioner firm is registered with the Service Tax Range, Mehsana Division, Commissionerate Ahmedabad-III under rent-a-cab service. The petitioners provide vehicles for conduct of state examination in the following Departments/Boards of the Government of Gujarat: (i) Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar; (ii) Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad; (iii) Gujarat State Examination Board; and (iv) Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training, Gandhinagar (GCERT).