Saghir Ahmad 's case(1) was particularly relied upon by the petitioners in support of their contentions but article 19(6) of the Constitution as amended by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, enacts that "Nothing in sub clause (g) shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it imposes, or prevent the State from making any law imposing, in the interests of the general public, reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by the said sub clause, and, in particular, nothing in the said sub clause, shall affect the operation of any existing law in so far as it relates to, or prevent the State from making any law relating to, (i). . . . . (ii)the carrying on by the State, or by a corporation owned or controlled by the State, of any trade, (1) ; business, industry or service, whether to the exclusion, complete or partial, of citizens or otherwise".