1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O.O.C.J. WRIT PETITION NO.256 OF 1987 Ashok Chimanlal Mehta and another .. Petitioners v/s. Union of India and others. .. Respondents None for the petitioners. Mr.R.V.Desai, Senior Counsel with Ms.N.V.Masurkar for the respondents. CORAM : R.M. LODHA & J.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 5TH APRIL, 2006. P.C. None appears for the petitioners. Mr.R.V.Desai, senior counsel appears for the revenue and he submits that the controversy raised in the writ petition is concluded by the Constitution Bench decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Mafatlal Industries Ltd. v. Union of India, 1997(89) ELT 247. Mr.Desai is right and in view thereof, we find that there is no merit in the writ petition. May be because of that, nobody is appearing for the petitioners. 2 3. Writ petition is dismissed accordingly. Rule is discharged. No costs. (R.M.LODHA, J.) (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.)