( 1 ) IT is a batch of four writ petitions. The petitioners have prayed that the International Airport Authority of India, the first respondent, be directed to hand over their respective goods covered under their Airway Bills to the K. L. M. Royal Dutch Airlines, the third respondent, for transhipment to Nepal without charging any godown rent/demurrage charges. The second respondent is the Collector of Customs, New Delhi.

( 2 ) THE petitioners who are residents of Nepal sent their goods from Singapore to Kathmandu (Nepal) which arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, by K. L. M. Royal Dutch Airlines for transhipment to Kathmandu. In the case of some other persons similarly placed as petitioners, the consignments arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airoort by Air India flight from Singapore for onward transhipment to Kathmandu. In fact. there were in all ten consignments-five coming by K. L. M. Royal Dutch Airlines and the five by Air India.

( 3 ) TO understand the issues involved in the present writ petitions it will be appropriate to refer to facts only in one of the petitions (C. W. 1197189 ). The petitioner here booked 26 packages direct fr