JUDGMENT :

S.R. Singharavelu, J. - Petitioner is the proprietor of M/ s Eureka Canvas Company Limited, a S.S.I. Unit, registered with National Small Industries Corporations Limited. The Company manufactures Tarpaulins and deals with high density polythene ethylene and polythene tarpaulins, durry etc.

2. In October, 1999 there was a cyclone devastating the coastal districts of Orissa rendering several lakhs of people homeless. Sri R.N. Das (O.P. No. 5) at the relevant time was the Managing Director of Orissa Small Scale Industries Corporation Limited (in short, "OSIC" O.P. No. 4).

3. On 1.11.1999 O.P. No. 5 on behalf of O.P. No. 4 addressed M/s. Siltop Chemicals Limited, Mumbai, presently known as Supreme Industries Limited (O.P. No. 6) to supply silproof for relief of cyclone affected people of Orissa. After vivid discussion a request was made to supply 50 Mtrs X.12 ft. 3906 pieces ' Rs. 2575 per ex-factory at Ahmadabad.

4. O.P. No. 5 further directed O.P. No. 6 to dispatch the materials for appropriate conversion by Petitioner's firm (M/s. Eureka Canvas Company). He further directed that the Petitioner's firm would convert the sheets to their requirement and deliver the same at the cy