( 1 ) THIS Judgment will dispose of two writ petitions being C. W. P. No. l706/96 (VXL Engineers Ltd. v. Department of Telecommunications and others) and CWP No. 3013/96 (P. S. Measuremeats and Controls and another v. Deptt. of Telecommunications and others) as these petitions raise common questions. The Petitioners in CWP No. 3013/96 earlier approached the Karnataka High Court jbut the petition was peitted to be allowed to withdrawn with liberty to approach an appropriate Court having jurisdiction. Therefore, this petition was filed in this Court.

( 2 ) THE petitioner company (C. W. 1706/96) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and is engaged in the manufacture and sale of Tele Communication Equipments and is alleged to be a major supplier of the said products to respondent No. I as also to the Defence Services. Petitioner No. 1 in C. W. P. 3013/96 is a proprietory concern and. petitioner No. 2 is a private limited company and the petition is filed by one of its shareholders. The said petitioners are manufacturers of Telecom equipments. The petitioners are challenging the acts of respondents 1 and 2 in awarding to respondents 3 to 7 90 per cent of