Modi, J—This is a petition by Bhoorchand under Art. 226 of the Constitution and arises under the following circumstances.

2. The petitioners case is that he had obtained the lease of some2400 bighas of land from jagirdar of Sanwarla, Tehsil Siwana, by a deed, dated 3rd December, 1952 that the had been carrying on the work of manufacture of salt over 1-1/2 acre out of the area mentioned above for the last four years and invested round about Rs. 10,000/- over such manufacture, He also states to have applied, but without success so far, for a licence, to the General Manager, Central Excise and Salt, Government of India, for the purpose of manufacturing salt over a larger area but contends that so far as the existing area, to which he has confined the manufacturing operations is concerned, namely, the one and half acre, he is perfectly within his legal rights as such manufacture is covered by a press-Dote, dated the 23rd April, 1948, issued by the Government of India under sec. 6 of the Central Excise and Salt Act, (No. I) of 1944. The effect of this press-note, briefly put is that the Government in their desire to step up the production of indigenous salt and to attain self-sufficiency

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