1. The petitioners are the auction purchasers of 37 plots enumerated in paragraph 1 of the writ petition situated in village Daulatpur (Kachhar) Pargana and Tahsil Bhognipur District Kanpur. These plots had been let out to them for removing morrum therefrom for a period of three years under an agreement dated 13th October, 1969. On 14th November, 1969, the petitioners moved an application before the respondents Nos. 1 and 2, namely, the State of Uttar Pradesh and the District Officer (Collector, Incharge) saying that the contractors of Jalaun were bringing their morrum for sale at Kanpur and they should be stopped. Thereafter, several letters in this behalf were written by them. Clause (4) of Part III of the Agreement provides that the State Government will not allow any person to store, stock or sell by any means, at Kanpur side villages and banks of river Jamuna, any sand and Mo