THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.172 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is a unit manufacturing mineral water. It obtains certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards, respondent No.2 herein, and it prints the mark upon its product. Respondent No.2 has drawn the samples from the unit of the petitioner. Apart from undertaking analysis, it has also sent samples to the Laboratory for analysis. On finding that the sample did not accord with the stipulated standards, respondent No.2 addressed a letter, dated 04.01.2011, requiring the petitioner to stop the marking on the product. It was also mentioned that if the petitioner wants the revocation of the letter, it can take corrective steps and intimate them for further verification. The petitioner feels aggrieved by the said letter. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.1. The petitioner was issued certification by respondent No.2, enabling it to put. B.I.S. mark, which has its own importance. Once the certification is given, the petitioner is under obligation to maintain the standards. Any deviation from it would naturally render it liable for penal action. It is not in dispute that respondent No.2 has drawn samples from the product manufactured by the petitioner. Samples were analysed and on finding that the samples do not accord with the stipulated standards, the impugned letter was issued. The petitioner did not even make an effort to verify as to in what respect the samples were found to be below the standard. It has straightaway approached this Court. It is also noteworthy that there is an appeal against the impugned letter. In addition to that, respondent No.2 has also indicated that in case the petitioner takes corrective steps, it can seek revocation thereof. Without exhausting that, the petitioner approached this Court. The petitioner cannot be permitted to print the B.I.S. mark even after the samples were found to be sub-standard. It would amount to misrepresenting to the public about the quality of the product, if not cheating. There are no merits in the writ petition and it is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:02.02.2011 kdl