Gujarat Bidi Tamaku And Timrupan ... vs State Of Gujarat And Anr. on 13 February, 2002
26. The decision of State of Mysore v. H. Sanjeeviah (supra), on which heavy reliance was placed on behalf of the petitioners, is distinguishable, where not by any statutory Rule, but by a Notification issued on the administrative side, requirement was imposed of giving cash security and deposit for import and transport of timber. It is on that ground that it was held that the two provisos introduced by Notification to the Rules were not even in exercise of delegated authority and they do not become part of the Act. In that case, there was also no material placed by the State to justify the imposition of such a condition of cash deposit as a requirement in public interest. It is in these circumstances that the Notifications were held to be violative of Article 304(b) of the Constitution. That case is, therefore, clearly distinguishable.