1. “Hari Bhoomi” is a national level daily newspaper owned by Hari Bhoomi Communications Private Limited, the petitioner herein, which is a company registered under the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1956. The petitioner has filed this writ petition impugning legality, validity and correctness of order dated 3-3-2017 passed by Press Council of India (hereinafter called as 'PCI') and also calling in question the order dated 13-9-2017 passed by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (hereinafter called as 'DAVP') suspending the petitioner from DAVP panel for a period of two months with effect from 13-9-2017 to 12-11-2017 in exercise of power conferred under Clause 25(d) of the Print Media Advertisement Policy, 2016, as procedurally ultra vires and contrary to law.

2. Essential facts, shorn of all paraphernalia to adjudicate legality and validity of the impugned orders, as mentioned herein-above, are as under: -

2.(1) Election Commission of India (hereinafter called as 'ECI') issued notification for General Elections, 2014 on 5-3-2014. The election period can be presumed from 5-3-2014 to 28-5-2014. During the aforesaid period, on 12-4-2014, the newspaper own