RAGHAVAN, J. :- This is a writ petition seeking to quash the order of the respondent in G. O. Ms. 1800 Finance (Raffle) dated 23-12-1971. Prior to the impugned order the respondent passed G. O. Ms. 1589 Finance (Raffle) dated 8-11-1971. prohibiting the sale within the State of Tamil Nadu of all Government raffle tickets of States other than those of the Government of Tamil Nadu notwithstanding the reciprocal arrangements entered into between the Government of Tamil Nadu with the other States. The impugned order prohibited, on and from 1-1-1972 the sale within the State of Tamil Nadu of all Raffle tickets of the other States. The questions raised in the writ petition are whether the respondent. Tamil Nadu Government has power or authority to ban the sale in the Tamil Nadu of tickets of State lotteries organised and conducted by the other States in the Union of India and whether the ban order is ultra vires.

2. The petitioner is carrying on business, in Madras, in the purchase and sale of raffle tickets of the various States in the Union of India, such as. Tamil Nadu, Mysore Kerala, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, United Provinces except the