1. By this writ petition, filed under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus or for any other appropriate writ, order or direction restraining respondents No.2 and 3 in creating hindrance in sale of lottery tickets of the Royal Government of Bhutan in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Petitioner is the manager of M/s. Surya Enterprise, which is the distributors of lotteries of Royal Government of Bhutan and has been authorised by it to file the writ petition.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts giving rise to the present writ petition are that an agreement was entered into between the Govt. of India and the Govt. of Bhutan on 29.2..1995 on Trade and Commerce between the Royal Govt. of Bhutan and the Govt. of Republic of India (Annex. P-2). Article 1 of the agreement contemplates free Trade & Commerce between the territories of the kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of India. Protocol to the agreement on Trade & Commerce further stated that for the purposes of the agreement the term "free Trade & Commerce" in Article 1 shall be understood to include within its scope sale of Bhutan lottery tickets in India and th