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Supplies, 'supplies' in the context of s. 3(1)(a)(iii) of the MISA, 1971 means the supply of essential commodities or foodstuffs in a wholesome form. It does not mean the supply of their adulterated substitute. This seems to be the correct line of approach, but it does not stop at maintenance of 'supplies' only. It extends further to 'services', also. One of the primary necessaries of life is food, one of the elementary obligations of a welfare State is to ensure food to its citizens. The concepts of 'supplies' and 'services' intermingle in the discharge of that obligation by the State. Main-tenance of sale of pure foodstuffs to the public, therefore, is both a 'supply' and a 'service', Bankatlal v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1975 SC 522: (1975) 4 SCC 598: (1975) 2 SCR 470.