JUDGMENT - Mrs. SUJATA MANOHAR, J.:---Rule returnable forthwith by consent. Respondents waive service.

This petition pertains to an exparte ad interim order dated 23rd September 1991 issued by the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission under section 12 A of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act of 1969. The order is in respect of contest for sales promotion, the details of which are set out in Exhibit 'A' to the petition. It requires, inter alia, the competitors to annexe a purchase coupon for the purpose of entering the contest. The purchase coupon can be obtained by purchasing Milton Products worth Rs.150/- The scheme for sales promotion commenced from 15th September, 1991. The petitioners have stated that in respect of the scheme, expenditure worth approximately Rs.45/_ lakhs has already been incurred by the petitioners by way of insertion of advertisements and projection and distribution of other sales promotion material. The petitioners have also pointed out that under the scheme as many as 60 advertisements were scheduled to be published in Newspapers throughout the country within the next 9 days (from the date of filing of the petition). The pet

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