( 1 ) THIS appeal is filed by the respondents 2 and 3 in the writ petition viz. , Visakhapatnam Port Trust (hereinafter referred to as port Trust ) and its Traffic Manager against the Judgment of the learned single Judge allowing W. P. No. 15897/1986, D/- 5-12-1986 filed by four petitioners viz. , (1) Bihar Alloy Steels Limited (hereinafter referred to as Company); (2) a Principal Officer and Shareholder of petitioner No. 1 -- Company; (3) M/s. Sarat Chatterjee and Co. , (snipping agents of the Company) and (4) a Director of the said shipping agent. The 1st respondent in the writ petition is the Union of India, Ministry of Surface Transport, which is also impleaded as a respondent in writ appeal. No relief is granted against the 1st respondent in the writ petition. The parties are referred to according to their rank in the writ petition. The 1st petitioner is a Public Limited Company, which has a Mini-steel Plant at Patratu near Ranchi for manufacturing special alloy steels. The Company imports scrap iron (one of its raw materials) through Visakhapatnam Port, which is governed by the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 and is managed by its Board of Trustees.

( 2 ) THE petitioners initial

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