The petitioners have also challenged the declaration of seeds of food crops and seeds of fruits and vegetables as the essential companymodities by the Government of India, Ministry of Civil Supplies companytained in the order dated 24th February, 1983 also issued under the Act.
It inter alia companytemplates that the persons carrying on business of selling, exporting or importing seeds to obtain licence.
It also inter alia provides for grant and or refusal of the licence renewal of the licence and various ancilliary provisions for suspension, cancellation of licence and submissions of various returns including provision of punishment for violation of the Seeds Control Order, 1983.
15337 15338 of 1984 the petitioners herein have challenged the companystitutional validity of the Seeds Control Order, 1983 purported to have been issued in exercise of the powers companyferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 hereinafter referred to as the Act as being unconstitutional, ultra vires and void.
Yogeshwar Dayal, J. By Transferred Case Nos.
4, 5 and 48 of 1986 and Writ Petition Civil Nos.
