ISMAIL J

This petition coming on for orders as to admission on this day, upon persuing the petition and the affidavit filed in support there and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. P.M. Jumma Khan, Advocate for the Petitioner the Court made the following order :-

2.The petitioner, which is a partnership firm, prays for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the Superintendent of Central Excise Pudutottai, to renew its licence for the warehouse for the year 1973. The petitioner applied for the renewal o pound the licence on 29-11-1972. The first Respondent sent a communication dated 20-3-1973 calling upon the petitioner to comply with certain requirements pointing out that certain properties given as security to the Department had been given as security to Canara Bank, Pudukottoi also, against the advance of any loan. The first Respondent wrote a subsequent letter date 3-4-1973 calling upon the partners to produce their solvency certificates in view of the fact that all the partners had jointly and severally held themselves liable to pay the dues to the Department. The partners not having produced the solvency certificates the first Respondent sent the communication dated