ORDER

In this Writ Petition, the petitioner has challenged the legality of condition No.3 of Office Memorandum in O.M.No.8/131/2016-PP.II, dated

27.12.2018, issued by the 1st respondent.

2.A learned Single Judge of this Court at Principal Seat in a batch of cases in W.P.No.18405 of 2019 etc., batch [M/s.Best Timbers, Rep. its Partner, Mr.C.R.Krishna vs. Union of India, Rep. by its Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi and the Plant Protection Officer, Plant Quarantine Station, Tuticorin and batch] has passed an order dated 06.09.2021 and disposed the batch. Relevant portion of the order of the learned Single Judge reads as under:-

''WP No. 18405 of 2019 is filed questioning the validity and/or correctness of the condition No. (iii) of the Office Memorandum dated 27.12.2018 issued by the first respondent in and by which penal fee was levied for those consignments covered under the bills of lading in the country of export, before 30th June 2019.

2. Similar condition was imposed by the first respondent by issuing various other Office Memorandum and they are the subject matter of the other writ petitions.

3. The petitioners in these writ petitions are import