IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9444 of 2008 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ==========================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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SCHOTT GLASS INDIA PVT LTD Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR HR PRAJAPATI(674) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MS DIXA PANDYA AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 NOTICE SERVED BY DS for the Respondent(s) No. 3 ==========================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 01/04/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Present petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and under the provisions of Essential Commodities Act, 1956 (for short “the E.C. Act) seeking following reliefs:-

(A) Your Lordships be pleased to issue writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction and be pleased to quash and set aside the impugned order dated 8-7-2008 passed by the respondent no.2 as being illegal, invalid, null and void, without jurisdiction and competence, arbitrary, capricious, unjust, unfair, against the principles of natura