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17. In Smt. Shalini Soni v. Union of India AIR 1981 SC 431, wherein it had been held that whenever a decision-making function is entrusted to the subjective satisfaction of a statutory functionary, there is an implicit obligation to apply his mind to pertinent and proximate matters only, eschewing the irrelevant and the remote.

18. In State of U.P. and Ors. v. Renusagar Power Co. and Ors. it was held that exercise of administrative power will be set aside if there is a manifest error in the exercise of such power or the exercise of the power is manifestly arbitrary.