JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. By this writ petition instituted under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have raised a grievance that despite being eligible to receive subsidy under the Transport Subsidy Scheme, 1971, they have been unjustly denied from receiving the same. The petitioner no. 1 is a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 with its registered office at Kolkata, West Bengal and the petitioner no. 2 is the General Manager – Commercial of the petitioner no. 1 company.

2. It is stated that the petitioner no. 1 company is a company, which deals in fast moving consumer goods [FMCGs]. It is engaged in manufacture of ayurvedic medicines and cosmetics under the brand names, ‘Hemani,‘Emami’&‘Jandu’. The petitioner no. 1 company [hereinafter also referred to as ‘the petitioner’ and/or ‘the petitioner company’, for easy reference] has a total 7 [seven] manufacturing units all over India with two such units within Assam at Amingaon and Abhaypur respectively. The petitioner company has preferred the instant writ petition in respect of its claim arising out of its manufacturing unit situate at the Export Promotion Industrial Part