The prayer is for a mandamus to the respondents to sanction all the benefits conferred on new industries in backward areas brought into effect by the Government of Pondicherry, vide letter No.16(2)/82-SSI(II)/SSI(P), dated 9.12.1985 to the petitioner's new unit with an installed capacity of 1,40,000 tonnes per annum on the following allegations:

The petitioner, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, has been carrying on the business of producing steel in its premises PIPDIC Industrial Estate at Mettupalayam in Pondicherry from September, 1987, its first unit having a capacity of 10,000 tonnes per annum and its second unit a capacity of 1,40,000 tonnes per annum of steel ingots and billets. There was a scheme brought into effect by the Government of Pondicherry following letter No.16(23)//SSI(II)/SSI(P), dated 9.12.1985 of the Government of India, Ministry of Industry, Department of Industrial Development, as per the terms of which industries set up in backward areas were eligible for various benefits such as power subsidy, sales tax exemption and cash subsidy to the tune of 15% of capital investment. The power subsidy to industries, both HT and LT was for a peri