Bhandari, J.

1. This petition under Article 226 raises the question whether the East Punjab Control of Bricks Supplies Order, 1949, is consistent with the provisions of the Constitution.

2. The petitioners in this case are a firm of coal merchants having their head office at Ferozpore. In the year 1950 they were granted a licence for the manufacture and sale of bricks under the provisions of the East Punjab Control of Bricks Supplies Order, 1949, and this licence was renewed year after year, the last licence being valid up to the 31st. March, 1954. The petitioners obtained large quantities of coal under a permit for the purpose of firing their brick-kiln but they did not use the coal for the purpose for which it was intended and passed it on to certain other persons. The State Government caused enquiries to be made into the matter and finding the allegations against the petitioners to be true declined to order the renewal of their licence. The petitioners are dissatisfied with the order of the State Government and have challenged the validity of the Order of 1949. It is not necessary however to go into this question as I am of the Opinion that the petition can be disposed o