JUDGMENT

R. B. MISRA, J. :—The present appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment and order dated January 10, 1986 of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay dismissing the petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by the appellant.

2. The appellant is carrying on the business of bulk supply of milk, milk products and milk cream, etc. The appellant is well known in the said field and has a plant of pasteurization in Pune and has been carrying on the said business for more than twenty years. The appellant installed a plant for pasteurization at a heavy cost to the tune of rupees three lakhs. The appellant has been supplying large quantities of milk and milk products pasteurized or otherwise to various companies, Government Departments including respondents Nos. 2 and 3. The appellant as a registered contractor has been supplying fresh buffaloes and cows milk to respondents Nos. 2 and 3 as per the requirements for the last twenty years. The appellant is on their approved list for some period and his supplies and work were always appreciated and accepted by the respondents for all these periods.

3. The appellant is also capable of supplying any quantity of pasteu