1. Malhotra and Sons and four others firms which are engaged in the business of exporting walnuts in kernel as well as in shell form from the State of Jammu and Kashmir to different countries have filed this writ petition under Section 103 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir read with Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing of letter No. 12(4)/73-EAC dated 27-9-1973 of the Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi, whereby the respondents to the petition have withdrawn the cash assistance scheme issued by the Government of India on 2nd Feb, 1973. The petitioners also seek a writ of mandamus for a direction to the respondents to implement the representations held out by the Government of India in their cash assistance scheme dated 2nd Feb. 1973.

2. The facts as given out in the writ petition are: That the Union of India, in Feb 1973 formulated a scheme for providing incentives to registered exporters in walnut, kernel as well as in shell, with a view to increase export and to augment the foreign exchange earnings for the country. According to the Scheme the regd. exporters of the aforesaid commodities were to be given cash assistance against exports of walnut, kelnel a

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