Section 3 in so far as it is material says: " The Central Government, so far as it appears to it to be necessary or expedient for maintaining or increasing supplies of any essential commodity, or for securing their equitable distribution and availability at fair prices, may by order provide for regulating or prohibiting the production, supply and distribution thereof Sub section (2) lays down: " Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub section (1) an order made thereunder may provide. . . . (a). . . . . (b). . . . . (c). . . . . 986 (d) for regulating by licences, permits or otherwise the storage, transport, distribution, disposal, acquisition, use or consumption of any essential commodity; (e) for prohibiting the withholding from sale of any essential commodity ordinarily kept for sale; We are clear, therefore, that the freezing of stocks of foodgrains is reasonably related to the object which the Act was intended to achieve, namely, to secure the equitable distribution and availability at fair prices and to regulate transport, distribution, disposal and acquisition of an essential commodity such as foodgrains.