JUDGMENT :

B.L. Hansaria, C.J.

1.The petitioners, four in number, are before this Court invoking its writ jurisdiction which, being couched in comprehensive phraseology, confers wide powers on the High Court to reach injustice wherever it is found, as stated in Dwarka Nath Vs. Income Tax Officer, Special Circle D-ward, Kanpur and Another, The language of this Article permits every High Court not only to issue writs of habeas-corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, which were being issued in England, but also to issue such directions or orders which the situation demands to meet the requirements of a case. In T.C. Basappa Vs. T. Nagappa and Another, it was stated that the language used in Article 226 was very wide and the powers of the High Court extended to issuing orders, writs or directions as may be considered necessary for enforcement of fundamental rights and for other purposes as well.

2. We have prefaced the judgment with these observations because Shri Nanda appearing for the opposite parties submitted, on Shri Dora placing before us a judgment of the Calcutta High Court in which in a similar matter the Court had granted relief "as a special case and on hum