1.Writ Petition No. 9380 of 1994 is filed by Bhabootmal Jain and his household servant Vagharam Choudhary. The said writ petition was filed on 16-5-1994 on the following allegations.

2. It is alleged in the affidavit filed in support of the petition that the petitioners are law abiding citizens, and the first petitioner has retired from active business activities since past three years. The first petitioner has stated in the affidavit that his three sons are engaged in stainless steel business, dealing only in indigenous goods. It is said that the first petitioner's eldest son Vijayaraj is the proprietor of a firm 'VIJAYA STEEL CENTER' at No. 11 / C - 1, Ekambareswaram Agraharam, Madras - 3. According to the first petitioner, after visiting a nearby Jain Temple in the morning, he generally used to sit in the shop for some time, for the past more than 3 years. The petitioner No. 1 states in his affidavit that the petitioners have been constrained to take exception to the misuse of provisions of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ( FERA ) by a number of over enthusiastic Enforcement Officers under the sway of the fickle mistress that absolute power