1. Petitioners are distillers engaged in the business of manufacturing and supply of country spirit in the sealed bottles. They have challenged the conditions of tender notice dated 21.12.2005 issued by the second respondent Excise Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh by which tenders were invited from the distillers for grant of licence(s) under provisions of the M.P. Country Spirit Rules, 1995 to supply country spirit through bonded warehouses to the retail sale contractors in the sealed bottles in the area of 24 districts of the State of Madhya Pradesh for the period commencing 1st April 2006 and ending with 31st March 2007.

2. In Writ Petition No. 258/2006 Welcome Distillery Pvt. Ltd. v. State of M.P. the challenge is to clauses 2 and 3(ii) of the tender notice. In Writ Petition No. 91/2006 M/s. S.C. Distilleries v. State of M.P. and Writ Petition No. 186/2006 Cox India Ltd. v. State of M.P. the challenge is to clause 2 of the tender notice. In Writ Petition No. 1369/2006 Cox India Ltd. v. State of M.P. the challenge is to clause 3(iii) and also to the order dated 9.1.2006 passed by the respondents rejecting the petitioner's technical bid for non-fulfilment of requirement of cond