The arguments in these Writ Petitions and Civil Appeals Nos.
1357 of, 1982 are a to declare Sections 17C, 17D, 20B and 23A of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937 as amended to be unconstitutional and therefore liable to be struck down b to declare Rules, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 16, 18 and 22 of the aforesaid Rules as unconstitutional and liable to be struck down c to declare the Notification dated 12.6.1981 issued by the Commissioner of Prohibition Excise, Tamil Nadu, the second respondent, as void and to quash the same and d to declare that the order dated 14.8.1981 passed by the second Respondent granting licence to M. Subbarama Reddy and any other licence or licences issued to respondents 6 to 17 to be void and quash the same.
The wholesale dealers licence for the entire city of Madras was issued to one M. Subbarama Reddy, the third respondent in W.P. No.
The writ petitioners were dealers in Indian Made foreign liquor.
They were holders of companyposite wholesale and retail dealers licences.
16, 18 and 21 of the above Rules to be unconstitutional and void as being violative of Articles 14 and 19 1 g of the Constitution c to declare the Notification dated 12.6.198J issued by the Commissioner of Prohibition Excise, Tamil Nadu, the second respondent as null and void and d to quash the order dated 29.8.1981 as being unconstitutional and void.
8278 and 8279 of 1981 are a to declare the provisions of Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act 1937 and in particular Sections 17C, 17D, 17E, 18B, 20B and 23A of that Act to be un companystitutional and void as being violative of the Petitioners fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19 1 g of the Constitution b to declare Rules, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10.
3035 3037 of 1981 were heard in part and all these matters were adjourned to 23.3.1982.
The prayers in W.P. No.
6797 of 1981 and number to any of the writ petitioners.
The reliefs prayed for in W.P. Nos.
