The petitioner, Zee Telefilms Limited, prays for a Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the first respondent in its communication dated 21.9.2004 cancelling the tender process dated 7.8.2004 and to quash the same and to consequently direct the first respondent to act in furtherance of the decision arrived at on 5.9.2004 in the matter of exclusive television rights for telecast of cricket matches in India under the aegis of the first respondent and the International Cricket Council.

2. In view of the urgency and by consent, the main writ petition itself is taken up for disposal.

3. I do not propose to extract the pleadings of both sides in detail in view of the scope of the points argued before me and in order to avoid the repetitive contentions raised by both sides in their respective pleadings. It is sufficient to briefly state the background in which this writ petition has been filed.

4. The petitioner is one of the vertically integrated media entertainment groups in India functioning since 1992. They claim that they have been telecasting live cricket on various occasions.

5. The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the first respondent herein, (