( 1 ) THE petitioners in these writ petitions are contractors of different kinds of liquor. They have purchased the privilege of vending liquor in specified shops by offering the highest bid at the auctions conducted for the year 1993-94. On account of the recent general election for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, they were required by the Collectors of the respective districts to close the shops and refrain from vending liquor for several days in excess of three days. The petitioners have no grievance about closure of shops for three days. The main relief asked namely to quash the orders has become infructuous. The petitioners have sought two alternative reliefs, namely - remission of the proportionate licence fees as also proportionate reduction of the minimum guarantee quota of liquor which they are expected to lift from the Government warehouses. On behalf of the respondents, returns have been filed in few of the cases and they are treated as returns in order cases also.

( 2 ) THE closure is of 11 days in M. P. No. 61 of 1994, 9 days in M. P. No 4676 of 1993, 7 days in M. P. No. 4677 of 1993 and M. P. No. 4530 of 1993 and 4 days in M. P. No. 4678 of 199