Northern India Caterers Private Ltd., & ... vs State Of Punjab And Another on 4 April, 1967
In view of the observations of their Lordships of the Supreme Court in Northern India Caterers' case, AIR 1967 SC 1581 and the reasoning given by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, AIR 1969 Punj 98, which authority directly applies to the facts and circumstances of this case and the Bench decision of this Court in Bahadur Singh's case, ILR (1952) 2 Raj 551 = (AIR 1953 Raj 158), I am of the opinion that the power conferred under Sub-section (3) of Section 10 on the prescribed authority gives an unguided and absolute discretion which manifestly violates the guarantee of equality before the law as enshrined in Article 14 of the Constitution.