1. Petitioner No. 1 is a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of urea in wholesale in different parts of the country, including the State of Bihar. It has come to this Court with this writ petition, along with one of its Directors and one of its employees, seeking to challenge the orders cancelling the certificate of registration granted to it under the provisions of the Furtilizer (Control) Order, 1985 (the F.C.O. for short) for carrying on the business of selling fertilizer as a wholesale dealer in the State of Bihar.

2. The petitioner was given a notice to show cause why its certificate of registration be not cancelled for committing a number of irregularities and violating several directions issued by the authorities in making supplies of urea to this State during the Rabi season 1998-99. The show cause notice was issued by the Director, Agriculture in his capacity as the Registering Authority under the F.C.O. under his memo No. 21, dated 4-1-1999. The petitioner gave its reply to the notice by letter, dated 7-1-1999 (Annexure-9). Not being satisfied with the petitioners explanation the director Agriculture-cum-Registering Authority by his memo No. 564, dated 4-2