1. By way of this petition under Art.226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has approached this Court, initially, praying for setting aside the order dated 21st December, 2005 passed by the respondent No.1, wherein the order dated 16th November 2005 passed by the respondent No.2 allotting fair price shop in favour of the petitioner was cancelled. The petitioner, thereafter, amended the petition by which the Government Resolution dated 4th February 2006, which came into force pursuant to the interim order passed by this Court in the said petition, came to be challenged. However, learned advocate Mr. H. R. Prajapati for the petitioner, at the time of hearing, does not press the amended prayers.

2. The following facts are necessary so as to understand the controversy of the present case:
2.1. It is the case of the petitioner that the State Government has introduced the Public Distribution System for the purpose of providing essential articles at subsidized rates to the poor and downtrodden class of the society and the said system was time - to - time being modified and amended for its effective and smooth operation. Lastly, the State Government, by resolution dated 2nd Augus