Judgment

MUKHERJEA, J.:- These two appeals on special leave are directed against an order dated 11 May 1972 of the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court confirming an earlier interim order passed ex parte on 31 March 1972. The interim order challenged by the appellants was passed under the following circurnstances.

2. The Lord Krishna Sugar Mills Ltd., the respondent No. 1 in both these appeals, is a company owning and operating a sugar factory in the District of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. For the sake of convenience we shall hereafter refer to the Lord Krishna Sugar Mills Ltd. briefly as the petitioner. Between November, 1971 and March, 1972 the petitioner received certain supplies of sugarcane from the Saharanpur Co-operative Cane Development Union Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Cane-growers Society). The supply of sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh is governed by various statutory provisions, namely the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the Order of 1966), the U. P. Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply and Purchase) Act, l953 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1953) and the U. F. Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply and Purchase) Rules, 1954 (hereinafter