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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 11600/2015 & CM APPL. 30709/2015

CAIRN INDIA LIMITED & ORS

..... Petitioners

Through

Mr. C.S. Sundaram, Senior Advocate

with Ms. Fereshte Sethna, Mr. Rajat

Juneja and Mr. Adhijraj Malhotra,

Advocates.

versus

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN

TRADE & ORS

..... Respondents

Through

Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG with

Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with

Mr. Naveen Bhardwaj, Advocate for

R-1& 2/UOI.

Mr. V.N. Koura with Mr. P.K.

Benipal and Mr. Sumit Benipal,

Advocates for R-3.

Reserved on

: 10^th August, 2016

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Date of Decision : 18^th October, 2016

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN

J U D G M E N T

MANMOHAN, J:

1.

Petitioners have filed the present writ petition seeking a writ of

mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to respondent

no.1 to issue to the petitioners necessary permissions/approvals/

authorisations for direct export or in the alternative, permission/facilitation

2016:DHC:7009

for canalised export through respondent no.3 of petitioners' share of crude oil

extracted from the Rajasthan Block RJ-0N-90/1 (for short "Rajasthan

Block"), to the