(1.) THIS mandamus appeal is at the instance of the two private respondents in a writ application under Article 226 of the constitution of India and is directed against the order dated July 31, 2007 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court by which His Lordship, after entertaining the writ application and passing direction for filing of the affidavits, granted interim order in terms of prayer f to the writ application till 14th september, 2007. By the aforesaid prayerf, the writ petitioners prayed for interim order directing the respondent authority not to give effect to its memo bearing Nos. 343/ndita/w/7/2006 and 342/ndita/w/7/2007 both dated July 16, 2007. By those two memoranda, the Executive Officer, NDITA, the respondent No. 6, directed the writ petitioners to remove their hoardings within seven days from the receipt of the letters failing which the NDITA would be compelled to remove the hoardings without further correspondence.

(2.) THE facts giving rise to filing of the writ application out of which the present mandamus appeal arises may be summed up thus: (a) A tender notice was issued by the Secretary, Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Gover