Prakash Narain, J.

( 1 ) THIS petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by two petitioners, namely, The National Seeds Corporation Employees Union through its General Secretary and Shri J. P. Singh, the General Secretary of the first petitioner against the National Seeds Corporation, F-44/a, South Extension, Part-1, New Delhi through its Chairman. By this petition a prayer is made for the issuance of a writ of mandamus against the respondent-corporation directing it to restore the enhanced house-rent allowance which the employees of the respondent were getting by virtue of a resolution passed at the 45th meeting of the Board of Directors of the respondent-corporation on 27th September, 1971. The benefit of the enhanced houserent allowance was made applicable to the employees of the respondent w. e. f. 1st October, 1971. This order was revoked by an office order No. 741 (Part-I) issued on 1st January, 1972. Aggrieved by the said order of revocation the petitioners have come to this court and challenged the order dated 1st January, 1972 as being arbitrary, illegal, capricious, against the principles of A natural justice and passed in violation of the pro

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