(1) THESE miscellaneous applications, one by the State of J & K and the others - some by a group of small scale industries and some by the group of medium scale industries relate to the dispute which has been the subject matter of a group of Writ Petition in this court. The main petition being Writ Petition No. 751 or 1985 has already been heard and judgment is awaited.

(2) EARLIER this court had directed the State of J & K to reserve oleo resin to the extent of 6500 M. T. out of the 1985-86 collection by saying :

EXCEPT for a total of 6500 metric tons of oleo resin gum which would be reserved for distribution to the individual private parties before us in the event of relief being granted to them in these cases, which will be distributable pro rata according to the respective entitlements, balance of oleo resin gum is released from the operation of our order dated 3/07/1986 read with order dated 11/08/1986.

(3) LATER on this court when moved by some of the medium scale industries made another direction on 17/12/1987 which ran thus :

BY our order dated 20/01/1987, we had directed that an amount of 6500 M. T. of oleo resin gum should be reserved for d