GORDHANLAL RAMGOPAL Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This order will dispose of a bunch of similar writs mentioned above, as the point involved in all these cases is the same. By these writ applications the petitioners have challenged the validity of Clause 4-A of Para. 3 of the Rajasthan Foodgrains (Prevention of Hoarding) Amendment Order, 1973 (which will hereinafter be referred to as 'the Amendment Order'). Clause 4-A reads as under;

(2.) It may be pointed out that prior to the aforesaid amendment, the relevant provision was Para. 3 of the Rajasthan Foodgrains (Prevention of Hoarding) Order, 1973 (which will hereinafter be referred to as 'the Order'). Para. 3 reads as under:

(3.) The cases of the petitioners came under Para. 3 (c) of the Order as extracted above. There is no gainsaying the fact that under the said Order a dealer in grain was at liberty to have in his possession wheat in quantity exceeding 10 quintals or in quantity exceeding 25 quintals of all foodgrains taken together on submitting a declaration of his stock in the manner and to the officer specified in Clause (4).