(Writ Appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters of Patent against the common order of the learned Judge Mr. Justice K. Govindarajan, dated 10.03.1999 made in W.P.Nos.4799 and 4800 of 1998.)

Common Judgment (P. Sathasivam, J.)

Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited, aggrieved by the common order dated 10.3.1999 in W.P.Nos.4799 & 4800 of 1998 quashing the circular dated 6.5.1994 in so far as it relates to the inclusion of the writ petitioners in the Specific Approval List, has filed the above writ appeals.

2. Mr.Jayakumar and Mr.Vimalkumar are sons of P.Anthony who is the proprietor of M/s.Annai Cashew Industries, Kanyakumari District. Aggrieved by the Circular No.859 dated 6.5.1994 of the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited, (a Government of India Enterprises), Bombay-21 including both the writ petitioners, viz., Jayakumar and Vimalkumar in the "Specific Approval List" filed W.P.Nos.4799 of 1998 and 4800 of 1998 respectively. Since the facts and the questions raised in both the petitions are similar and one and the same, we shall dispose of both the appeals by this common judgment.

3. For convenience, we shall refer the case of the petition