17 to rs.
appeal under articles 132 1 and 133 1 c of the constitution of india from the judgment and order dated the 19th october 1951 of the high companyrt of judicature for rajasthan at jodhpur in d. b. miscellaneous writ petition number 3/1951.
18 per maund.
of rs.
the respondents claimed that they had purchased the bajra at the prevailing market rate of rs.
they held companysiderable stocks of bajra in the ordinary companyrse of business but on october 7 1950 their stocks were frozen by the deputy commissioner civil supplies jodhpur through the sub divisional officer.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 136 of 1952.
the state has preferred.the present appeal on a certificate granted by the high companyrt.
9 per maund and sold them at rs.
march 12.
such stocks shall also be liable to be requisitioned or disposed of under orders of the said authority at the rate fixed for purposes of government procurement.
13 5 4 per maund.
18 per maund.
n. aggarwal and p. c. agarwal for the respondents.
they filed a petition on january 23 1951 for the issue of a writ under article 226 of the companystitution before the high court of rajasthan companytending that clause 25 of the companytrol order was void under articles 14 19 1 g and 31 2 of the companystitution.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by ghulam hasan j. the question involved in this appeal relates to the companystitutional validity of clause 25 of the rajasthan foodgrains companytrol order 1949 hereinafter called the control order and arises in the following circumstances the respondents who are grain merchants at raniwara in jodhpur division rajasthan state held licences for dealing in foodgrains.
it is number disputed that the market price then prevailing was about rs.
the state however requisitioned the stocks at the rate.
s. hajela advocate general of rajasthan for the appellant.
c. setalvad attorney general for india porus a. mehta with him for the intervener the union of india .
