( 1 ) BOTH these writ petitions can be disposed of by a common order, as common questions arise for consideration. This is a tell tale story of unscrupulous litigants abusing the judicial process. They were aided and abetted by vested interests. It is a saga of naked abuse of this Court s Forum and the device of public interest litigation. We cannot help, except to feel distress as to how this Court was taken for a ride. More about it at a later stage. We would, briefly, indicate the facts in both these writ petitions.

( 2 ) WRIT Petition - WPNo. 5717 of 1997 is filed by ft former Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Shadnagar Constituency and a resident of Hyderabad. The said writ petition is filed on 18-3-1997. The petitioner in the writ petition, prays for issuance of an appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondents in abusing of power vested by law under Sections 12-Eand 13 and other provisions of Chapter III of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and attracting the provisions of Section 23 of the Central Excise Act, resulting in loss of Central Excise Revenue to a tune of about Rs. 490 Crores in Hyderabad Division and in dismantling the Special Investigation Tea

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