The Taluk Supply Officer, Trichur had issued notices during July, 1998 and the recipients have filed these Original Petitions challenging the same, a specimen copy of which is produced as Ext.P3 in O.P.No.14891 of 1998. He had brought it to the attention of the petitioners, who are hoteliers, an order (No.F1.2396/98) of the district Collector, whereby he had classified the hotels, and had fixed the prices of normal food items. The Officer found that excess charges were being levied. For instance, in the case of first petitioner in O.P.No.14720 of 1998, the price of tea exhibited was Rs.3/- whereas the prescribed price was Rs.2.50 and therefore, excess of fifty paise was being collected from the general public. Some other food items also were named and it had been warned that this is illegal. The direction was that price lists published are to be appropriately streamlined with the general directions, and in case of failure, petitioners were liable to be prosecuted. Although individual petitioners, as also their Association had objected to the above proposal pointing out that this was unauthorized, since they were apprehending prosecution proceedings, original petitions h