( 1 ) INTRODUCTION and Reliefs Prayed : The first petitioner is a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) registered under the Companies Act, 1956. The registered office of the company is at 152, Sanghi Street, Mhow, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh. The company was started and promoted by second respondent inter alia with the objectives of carrying on in India or elsewhere the business of financing, money-lending, bills discounting, hire-purchasing, leasing etc. As per the list of Branch Offices given in the affidavit accompanying the writ petition, they have Branch Offices in New Delhi; Lucknow, Jaipur, Sharanpur and Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Mhow, Dewas, Bhopal, Sihore, Chavni, Reeva and Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh; Malegam, and Dhulia in Maharashtra; and Palanpur in Gujarat. It is also alleged that they have a Branch Office at Pathergatti Main Road in Hyderabad.

( 2 ) THE writ petition filed by the petitioner-Company and its Managing Director is supported by a sworn affidavit filed by the second petitioner, who is the Managing Director of the Company. The petitioners prayed the following reliefs. . . . . TO issue a writ of mandamus, writ order or direction declaring the a