( 1 ) IN this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner has sought for the issue of a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring that the action of the respondent in sealing the two iron safes of the petitioner in his shop premises on 21-1-1977 was illegal, unauthorised and vid contravening the orders granted by this court in WP. 5840 of 1975 and also for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to remove the seals of the two iron safes kept in the shop premises and to hand over the keys and the articles to the petitioner forthwith.

( 2 ) THE petitioner's case is that he is a licensed pawn-broker carrying on the business of pawn-broking in accordance with the provisions of the karnataka Pawn Brokers Act, 1961 and the Karnataka Money Lenders Act, 1961. In Octr, 1975, the Karnataka Debt Relief Ordinance was promulgated whereby certain debts of the debtors as defined in the Ordinance came to be extinguished. Aggrieved by this Ordinance, the petitioner filed a writ petition in WP. 5840 of 1975 along with various other pawn-brokers. The petitioner is at serial No. 131. Subsequently the Karnataka Debt Relief ordinance

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