At any one time Essential Commodities Act, 1955, S. 3 ¾ Notification The Notification providing for the maximum quantity of wheat which may be possessed by any dealer at anyone time is clearly designed to prevent hoarding of food grains and is certainly a reasonable restriction within the meaning of Article 19(6) of the Constitution. It is authorized by Clause 18 of the Rajasthan Trade Articles (Licensing and Control) Order, 1980, made in exercise of the powers conferred by S. 3 of the Essential Commodities Act. This Notification also had the prior concurrence of the Central Government. The learned counsel for the petitioners urged that the Notification was being misinterpreted in the manner mentioned earlier. The Notification merely fixes “a maximum limit of 200 quintals of wheat to be possessed by a dealer at any one time. “At any one time” can only mean at only given point of time. It does not mean that if a dealer was in possession of 200 quintals at 10 a.m. and sold 120 quintals between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, he is barred from purchasing 120 quintals after 12 noon so as to make up the 200 quintals. All that is necessary is that he should not have in his possession at any one time more than 200 quintals. (Krishan Lal P. Kumar v. State of Rajasthan, (1981) 4 SCC 550 (553)