( 1 ) THIS petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution is directed against certain proceedings taken under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (hereinafter called the Act ). These proceedings were initiated for an alleged, contravention of Rule 151 of the Central Excise Rules (hereinafter called the Rules)framed under the Act and culminated in an order dated 6 July 1959 by which the assistant Collector, Central Excise, Jabalpur (respondent 3), held that a part of the tobacco contained in 327 bags stocked in the petitioner's private bonded warehouse was clandestinely removed and replaced with inferior stuff and directed the petitioner to pay Rs. 30-319/ig/ as duty and Rs. 250/- as penalty. The above-mentioned 327 bags of tobacco were also thereby forfeited but there was a direction that, if the petitioner paid a fine of Rs. 500/-within 3 months from the date of the order, the tobacco would be regarded as duty paid and returned to him. The petitioner prays for (i) a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings taken against him, including the show-cause notice dated 17 November 1958 and the order dated 6 July 1959; (ii) two writs of mandamus, one directing th