UDAY SINHA, J.

1. These are four writ applications for quashing certain circulars and orders issued by General Manager, Agricultural Banking Division of State Bank of India. The petitioners have prayed for quashing the circulars issued by the Bank as also for a writ of mandamus directing the Bank to finance the products of the petitioners like those of other manufacturers. The petitioners are manufacturers of Diesel Motor Pumps.

2. Petitioner No. 1 in C.W.J.C. Nos. 4689 of 1982 and 43 of 1983 are manufacturers of diesel pumps under the brand name of Usha Diesel Engine/Pump sets and Bharat Shakti Diesel Engines/ Pumping sets respectively. Petitioner No. 2 in both the applications are sole selling Agents of the manufacturers. The petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 78 of 1983 is partnership firm manufacturing "Kaushal" Diesel Engine and Pumping Sets. Their Distributor for Bihar is Messrs Saluja Agency, Patna. Petitioner No. 1 in C.W.J.C. No. 67 of 1983 is a partnership firm manufacturing "Bharat Diesel Engine Pump Sets" and petitioner No. 2 is one of its partners. Petitioner No. 1 in C.W.J.C. No. 4689 of 1982 is the only incorporated Company in these applications. The others are partn