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2025 Supreme(Gau) 571

IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI
Century Plyboards (I) Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : DR. A SARAF, MR. Z ISLAM, MR. P BARUAH, MR. N N
DUTTA, MR. P DAS
For the Respondent: ASSTT.S.G.I., MR. R K D CHOUDHURY, MR. A DEKA, MS. G KAUR, MR. N CHOUDHURY, MR. M DAS, MR. B D DEKA, MR. R
THADANI, MR. B C PATHAK, MR. B PATHAK

JUDGMENT :

KAUSHIK GOSWAMI, J.

Heard Dr. A. Saraf, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. P. Baruah and Mr. P.K Bora, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. R.K.D Choudhury, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, Mr. P.P. Sharma, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. N. Choudhury, learned counsel for respondent No. 7, Mr. K. Gogoi, learned CGC for respondent Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and Mr. B.Pathak, learned counsel for respondent No. 4.

2. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners are challenging, inter-alia, the validity and legality of the recommendation of the respondent No. 1 taken during the course of Expert Committee Meeting held on 22.04.2019, whereby the two raw materials namely ‘phenol’ and ‘melamine’ listed at Serial No. 10 in the Annexure-B and Serial No. 12 in Annexure-C respectively were proposed to be brought under the mandatory BIS marking scheme under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the BIS Act, 2016).

3. It is the specific case of the petitioners that respondent No. 1 in gross abuse of powers conferred on Central Government under the BIS Act, 2016 recommended mandatory BIS m

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