( 1 ) THIS Civil Writ Petition has come up before this Full Bench on a reference by a Division Bench consisting of V. S. Deshpande and S. Rangarajan JJ. , as the learned Judges, in the course of the hearing of the Writ Petition by them. considered that the decisions of two Division Benches of this Court in M]s. Air Foam llulnsn tes {p) Ltd. New Delhi and another v. Uniun of linlia and olhers, 1974 Dal. 1 120, and in Marwar Tent Factory. Union of India. 1974 Rajdhani Law Reporter 218, require to be reexamined and explained by a larger Bench. Although it was not so staled expressly in the order of the Division Bench, the counsel for both the parties are agreed that the entire Writ Petition has been referred to this Full Bench for final disposal.

( 2 ) IN order to appreciate the questions which arise for determination the facts which have given rise to this Writ Petition have to be stated. The petitioner. Messrs Mohan Mealdn Breweries Limited, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad (U. P), is a company registered under the Indian Companies Act. There arc three respondents to the Writ Petition. The first respondent is the Union of India through the Secretary. Ministry of Food and Agr