Hon’ble F.I. Rebello, C.J.—A learned Division Bench of this Court, hearing the above writ petitions, during the summer vacation, filed for quashing the Government Order dated 31st May, 2010, by which the lease holders of leases for excavating sand have been restrained from using machines for the purposes of excavating sand, and after noting that the impugned Government Order dated 31st May, 2010 was issued in furtherance of an interim order passed by the Lucknow Bench of this Court on 27th May, 2010 in Writ Petition No. 3879 (M/B) of 2010, Pradeep Chaudhary v. State of U.P. and others, and after considering some other aspects, was pleased to make a reference by order dated 14.6.2010 in respect of the following three questions for consideration by a larger Bench :

“(1) Whether such a blanket Government Order, prohibiting use of machinery, which is against the spirit of Statutory Rules and the final and binding judgments rendered by the Division Benches of this Court at Allahabad, can be issued on the basis of an interim order passed by a Division Bench of Lucknow Bench of this Court at Lucknow, when there are already three binding, final and unchallenged judgments of the Div