( 1 ) THIS public interest litigation being T. No. 1285 of 2000 as well as the appeal being MAT No. 2731 of 2000 arising out of interim order passed in A. S. T. No. 2879 of 2000 as well as the writ petition being Tender No. 1285 of 2000 involve common question of law, therefore they are being disposed of by the common order. In the public interest litigation filed by Bimalendu De it has been prayed that a writ of Mandamus be issued against the respondent No. 1 from prohibiting transmission of two programmes namely "kaun Banega Crorpati" by Star T. V. and "jackpot Jeeto" by Zee T. V. In the writ petitions filed by the petitioners almost identical prayers have been made but in addition "fashion Show" has also been prayed to be prohibited.

( 2 ) AFTER filing this public interest litigation a notice was issued and the matter was pending before this Division Bench, this writ petition (AST No. 2879 of 2000) was filed before the Learned Single Judge by Devasmita Sridhar in which it was prayed that a declaration be given that the telecasting of the three television programmes namely, "fashion Show", "kaun Banega Crorpati" and "jackpot Jeeto" is in violation of the p