( 1 ) THE petitioner is a trade Union. The petitioner has filed this petition challenging the legality and validity of the order passed by the respondent-Police Commissioner refusing to grant permission to the workers for installing mandap at the Reliance gate and permitting 200 to 250 workmen to sit there. By Annexure A the General Secretary of the petitioner-Union requested the respondent-Police Commissioner to grant permission as stated above. By order dated 21/08/1987 the respondent-Commissioner of Police City of Ahmedabad has refused permission on the ground that it was not proper to grant permission in the public interest from the point of view of law and order

( 2 ) AS per the relevant Rules and Regulations framed under Sec. 33 of the Bombay Police Act (the Regulations and Conduct of Assembly and Procession (Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Area) Rules 1975 the authorised officer can certainly refuse to grant permission sought for. But the permission can be refused on the ground mentioned in Rule 8. Rule 8 inter alia provides that the permission sought for may be refused if the authorised officer is of the opinion that granting of such permission will not be in t