( 1 ) THIS judgment will also dispose of Civil Writ Petitions Nos. 387 of 1980 (Mfs. Indore Bottimg Co. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.) 6 of 1979 (M[s. Tripty Drinks Pvt. Ltd. , Jagatpur CUttack v. Union of India and Ors.), 82 of 1979 (Varanasi Bottling Co. Dahria, Varanasi v. Union of India and Ors ). 83, of 1979 (Varanasi Bottling Co. , Dahria, Varanasi v. Union of India and Ors.) 195180 (M\s. Amritsar Bottling Co. , Amritsar v. Union of India and others), 197 of 1980 (M\s. Chandigarh Bottling Company, Chandigarh v. Union of India and others) and 565 of 1980 (Agra Beverages Corpn. Ltd. ; Delhi and another v. Union of India and Ors.), as the questions of law and facts involved are common in all these cases. We will notice the facts of the present case (C. W. 916178) and need not give the facts of the other petitions because the facts are almost similar.

( 2 ) MESSRS Poona Bottling Co. Ltd. , petitioner No. I in this petition (C. W. No. 916 of 1978) is a public limited company carrying on, inter alia, the business of manufacturing and bottling of soft drints, i. e. Gold Spot, Limca, Thumsup, etc. Nons of its shares was held directly or indirectly by messrs Parie (Exp