RAGHUVAR INDIA Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner No. 1 is an existing company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956. Petitioner No. 2 is a shareholder thereof. Petitioners have challenged the legality and validity of the action of seizure of stocks of the following articles made on June 9, 1990 under the provisions of Essential Commodities Act, 1957 and under Rajasthan Trade Articles (Licensing and Control) Order, 1980 (for short 'the Order'):

(2.) The petition was filed on July 28, 1990. On August 3, 1990 it was moved before learned single Judge (I. S. Israni J.) who passed an ad interim ex parte order. The operative portion of the said order reads as under:

(3.) Against the aforesaid order the respondents filed D. B. Civil Spl. Appeal No. 24/ 91. However, the same was dismissed for default on 23-4-1993.