Madras City Wine Merchants' Asson. And ... vs State Of Tamil Nadu And Anr on 27 July, 1994
14 ARR,J
WP Nos.35321_2014 & batch
Though learned Senior Counsel relied on judgments of
Hon'ble Supreme Court in Madras City Wine Merchants'
Assiciation v. State of Tamil Nadu [ (1994) 5 Supreme
Court Cases 509; LIC of India and another v. Consumer
Education & Research Centre [(1995) 5 Supreme Court
Cases 482; M.P.Oil Extraction and another v. State of M.P
and others [ (1997) 7 Supreme Court Cases 592] and
Kisan Sahkari Chini Mills Limited v. Vardan Linkers [
(2008) 12 Supreme Court Cases, the same are not
applicable to the facts and circumstances of the cases on
hand, since the decision taken by the respondents is a policy
decision of the Government of India, which intends to adopt a
fair and transparent policy for leasing out or disposal of
public property and also avoid monopoly in salt
manufacturing units, as such, the same cannot be interfered
with by this Court by exercising power under Article 226 of
the Constitution of India.