In this petition, petitioners have filed a Joint petition since the common question of law and facts are involved and sought for to quash the Electrical Wires, Cables, Appliances and Protection Devices and Accessories (Quality Control) Order, 2003, issued vide Notification dated 17-2-2003 as per Annexure-A and also to declare that Order 3 of the Electrical Wires, Cables, Appliances and Protection Devices and Accessories (Quality Control) Order, 2003 as illegal and for such order reliefs.

2. According to the petitioners, they registered themselves as a small-scale industry and the authority has granted permission to establish small-scale industry and the department has given the permanent registration number. The Government has issued notification acting under Section 14 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 and by virtue of the said order, it has included electrical wires, cables, appliances protection devices and accessories and prescribed the standards wherein, it has made it obligatory for compulsory registration for the manufacture of the products and also to obtain a licences under the Act and that the process of manufacturing the product should be according to the