Court : Andhra Pradesh
Decided on : Apr-26-1984
Reported in : AIR1985AP169
..... as it is admitted that it is not a contract for supply of goods to the government. 47. it is argued that under the essential commodities act 1955 (act 10 of 1955) it is one of the duties of the state to state to supply and distribute certain commodities and hence the present order the andhra ..... the election commission issued instructions embodied in a publication called 'hand book for returning officer'. the said instruction broadly embodies the provisions of the constitution and the act and the rules and the symbols order and besides that special instructions that were issued. instruction 23 relevant for our purpose is in the following terms. 'a ..... acted on' and hence the contractual basis for this authorisation must be established. the provisions of card system order, 1973 disclose that the authorisation is clearly in the nature of a licence as observed by the supreme court in dwarka prasad v. state of u.p., : [1954]1scr803 in considering the validity of some of the provisions of u.p. coal .....
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