( 1 ) THIS order shall also dispose of Misc. Petitions Nos. 525, 592 and 650 all of 1981.

( 2 ) THE petitioners in all these petitions an owners of solvent extraction plants. The solvent extraction plants of the petitioners in Misc. Petitions Nos. 525, 559 and 650 are located at Raipur and of the petitioner in Misc. Petition No. 592 at Bilaspur. The petitioners use sal seed as raw material for extraction of sal oil. The petitioners also use rice-bran, oil calces and ground nut for extraction of other oils. The industrial units of the petitioners were set up long back. The dispute in these petitions relates to orders of reservation of sal seed made by the State Government.

( 3 ) SAL forests in the State are divided into 190 units. By order dated 21st April, 1981, 66 units were reserved for the Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Marketing Federation Limited, for short marketing Federation which is an APEX Co-operative Society. By another order dated 6th Feb. , 1981, 27 units were reserved in favour of M/s. Sal Udyog Pvt. Ltd. , for short, Sal Udyog who have established a new industrial plant for extraction of sal oil and with whom the Government entered into an agre