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********** [Order of the Court was made BY The Hon'ble The Chief Justice] We are concerned with the Explosives Act, 1884 (hereinafter referred to as 'the said Act') and the Explosives Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as 'the said Rules'), made thereunder, in a public interest litigation filed by an Advocate and not by an affected person. We may note that there is no challenge to any particular provision of the Act or any of the Government Authorities, but per se the delegation of power exercised in pursuance of the notification dated 04.06.2013. It is this notification which is sought to be assailed.

2. The notification in question reads as under:

?No.26(10)/2012-Expls ? whereas no license for import or export of explosives by land shall be granted without the previous sanction of the Central Government in each case, wherein the Central Government may impose conditions and restrictions in consultation with the chief Controller under rule 43 of the Explosives Rules, 2008.
2.Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17A of the Explosives Act, 1884, the Central Government hereby delegates the power and functions vested in it under rule 43 of the Explosives Rules, 2008 to the Joint Secretary (in-charge of Explosives Division), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion;