IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU W.P. NOs. 5086 OF 2001, 6648 OF 2002, 5545 OF 2001, 6013, 6104, 6437, 6452, 6484, 6626, 6656, 6827, 6963, 7032, 7140, 7166, 7752, 8790, 9196, 9200, 9735, 10096, 10137, 12817, 12842, 13387, 13531, 13610, 13623, 13682, 13822, 13827, 14015, 14024, 14368, 14372, 14626, 15209, 15946, 16783, 17621, 17826, 18984, 19084, 19574, 20413, 20696 & 20888 OF 2001; 2434, 2665, 3910, 4513, 6216, 7307, 7515, 8529, 8781, 9642, 9733, 1863, 12850 & 15265 of 2002; 2679, 9024, 13855, 13907, 14633, 16562, 17247, 19756, 2678, 3709, 11417, 21348 of 2003; 3192, 11372, 12914, 13232, 14723 & 14729 OF 2004. WP.NO.5086 OF 2001 Between:- 1 Krishna Foods & Acqua Minerals Z.P.High School Opposite Road, Nallajerla, West Godavari Dist rep.by its Managing Partner Duggina Leela Krishna S/o.Venugopala Krishna Rao male, age 35 yrs, Nallajerla, WG Dist. 2 Sri Durga Beverages Pvt Ltd., Plot No.269, Guruswamy Colony, Khanajiguda, Secunderabad-15 rep.by its Director Kolluri Suryanarayana Murthy, S/o.Sreerama Murthy, male, age 42 yrs Khanajiguda, Secunderabad- 15 3 Crystal Pure, Kala Associates Situated at 11-54-42, 1st Floor, Vishnupriya Complex, Golabchand Street, Vijayawada Krishna Dist., rep.by its Manager Sri.N.Srinivasa Rao, S/o.Chinabrahmaiah age 33 yrs, R/o.Golabchand Street, Vijayawada 4 Surya Mineral Water Mothevari Choultry Street, Eluru rep.by its Proprietor Chamarthi Ganeswar Rao, S/o.Soma Suryanarayana age 40 yrs, Eluru, W.G.Dist 5 Bobby Food Products Chebrole, West Godavari District rep.by its Proprietor Yadlapalli Simhadri Appa Rao S/o.Y.V.Subbarayudu,age 36 yrs, Chebrole, Ungutur Mandal, West Godavari Dist 6 Sri VAsavi Agro Products Sri Grandhi Real Estates, Kancharak Street, Rajam, Ananthapalli, Srikakulam Road, Rajam Srikakulam District, rep.by its Managing Partner G.M.Rao, S/o.Venkata Raju age 48 yrs, Srikakulam Road, Rajam, Srikakulam Dist. 7 Jaimal Mineral Water Industries Vinukonda, rep.by its Proprietor M.V.N.Rambabu, S/o.Pedakoteswar Rao age 36 yrs, Vinukonda, Guntur Dist. 8 Hitech Mineral Water Vijayawada, rep.by its Proprietor A.Sreenivasa Rao, S/o.Veeraiah age 36 yrs, Vijayawada, Krishna Dist 9 Satya Water Industries Angalakuduru, Guntur Dist rep.by its Managing Partner Madala Prasadarao, S/o.Venkataratnam age 44 yrs, Angalakuduru, Guntur Dist 10 Sri Ganesh Spun Pipe & Cement Products rep.by its Managing Partner Gudur Sivaramakrishna S/o.Butchiraju, age 35 yrs, Kaikaluru, Krishna Dist ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Department of Health, rep.by its Secretary, New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch Office Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned notification Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondents bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water of them under the compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to them and without giving them any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non-intimating the said requirement to them so far till two days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires of unconstitutional step and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for the Petitioners:-SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE Addl. S.C. for Central Government. Counsel for Respondent No.2: Mr. O. Manohar Reddy. (2) WRIT PETITION No.6648 OF 2002 Between: M/s Dharani Mineral Waters rep.by its Proprietor R.Nagaraju, S/o.Narayana age 30 yrs, R/o.9-26, Main Road, Pulivendula, Cuddapah District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health), Govt. of India, New Delhi . 2 General Manager, District Industries Centre, Cuddapah District .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notice Dt.19/02/2002 in spite of this Hon'ble Court granting stay of GSR.No.202(E), Dt.21/03/2001 and GSR.No.759(E) & GSR.No.760(E), Dt.29/09/2000 directing the petitioner to stop manufacturing of mineral water/ packaged drinking water without B.I.S. Certification as illegal, arbitrary, capricious, unwarranted, violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Art.19(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India and also violative of Sec.14 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 and consequently to direct the respondent not to insist for compulsory B.I.S. Certification for carrying on the Unit of the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr. A. Rajasekhara Reddy, S.C. for C.G. Counsel for Respondent No.2: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE. (3) WRIT PETITION NO : 5545 OF 2001 Between: 1 Warrior Mineral Water rep.by its Managing Partner Ch.Venkateswara Rao, S/o.Venkateswarlu age 45 yrs, 11, Throvagunta, Ongole, Prakasam Dist 2 M/s Sai Vennela Enterprises rep.by its Manager, Thanneru Venkata Panduranga Kalyana Sarma S/o.Lakshmi Kantha Rao, age 34 yrs, Lakshmipuram, Cheerala, Prakasam Dist 3 The Rama Mahila Industrial Coop. Society Ltd., rep.by its Manager, Sri.J.Prabhakar, S/o.Ramalingam, age 47 yrs R/o.Plot No.200, Revenue Colony, Nandyal Road, Kurnool, Kurnool Dist 4 Meher Mineral Water rep.by its Proprietor J.Madana Gopal S/o.Subbayya Setty, age 48 yrs, D-3, Industrial Estate, Kadiri-515 591, Anantapur Dist 5 Sai Kalyan Mineral Water rep.by its Proprietor Smt.T.Seshu Kumari, W/o.Anjaneyulu, age 32 yrs, R/o.7-155, Martur, Prakasam Dist. 6 Thanmai Minwat Enterprises rep.by its Managing Partner Sri.V.Subbarao, S/o.Venkateswarlu age 33 yrs, R/o.Prakash Nagar, Narasaraopet, Guntur Dist 7 Amrutha Waters rep.by its Proprietor Sri.K.Anil Kumar S/o.Damodar, age 27 yrs R/o.11-24-107, Desaipet Road, Warangal Dist 8 Sri Saideep Mineral Water rep.by its Managing Partner Smt.Bharathi, W/o.Ravindra Reddy, female, age 35 yrs R/o.Yerragadda Gutta, Hasanparthi (V&M) Warangal Dist 9 M/s Kaveri Industries rep.by its Proprietor, Sri.B.Ravi Kumar, S/o.rangareddy, age 31 yrs R/o.D.No.2-10-791, Vaddepalli X Roads, Hanamkonda, Warangal Dist 10 J.S.J.Corporation rep.by its Managing Partner Smt.Jyothi W/o.Atchutha Murthy, age 30 yrs D.No.2-5-161, P.S.R.Road, Khammam 11 Sadana Industries rep.by its Managing Partner Sri.P.Ramesh, S/o.Satyanarayana, age 33 yrs R/o.D.No.7- 2, Wyra, Santhinagar, Khammam District 12 Suguna Beverages rep.by its Managing Partner A.Udaya Bhaskar, S/o.Venkateswar Rao age 29 yrs, R/o.D.No.4-2-185, Radhakrishna nagar, Rotary Nagar, Khammam Dist 13 Sridhar Ice Factory rep.by its Proprietor Smt.G.Pushpavathi, W/o.Shankar age 34 yrs, R/o.1-1-186, Main Road, Suryapet, Nalgonda Dist 14 J & J Springs, rep.by its Managing Partner Smt.Jayasree, W/o.Vinod Kumar age 30 yrs, R/o.Jaheerpura, Khammam Dist ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) rep. by its Secretary New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch Office, Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notification Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondents bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water of them under the compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to them and without giving them any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non intimating the said requirement to them so far till two days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for the Petitioners:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for the Respondent No.1: MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE Addl. S.C. for C.G. Counsel for Respondent No.2: Mr. O. Manohar Reddy. (4) WRIT PETITION NO : 6013 OF 2001 Between: Sony Crystal & Safe Mineral Water rep.by its Proprietor Md.Moin S/o.Abdul Jabbar, age 34 yrs, R/o.D.No.11-24-439, M.G.Road, Warangal, Warangal Dist ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) rep. by its Secretary, New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch Office Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notification in GSR.No.202(E), Dt.21/03/2001 and GSR.759(E) and GSR.760(E) Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondent No.1 bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water under the definition of food and compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to them and without giving any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non intimating the said requirement to the petitioner so far till two days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires and unconstitutional and consequently to quash the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for the Petitioner:-SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr. K. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Addl. S.C. for C.G. Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY (5) WRIT PETITION NO : 6104 OF 2001 Between: 1 M/s Srikanth Waters Pvt. Ltd., rep.by its Managing Partner Mr.Rajendra Kumar Jain, S/o.Gital Jain F-3, Adilaxmi Apartment,1st Floor, Temple Street, Kakinada 2 M/s Gummadi Industries (Amrutha Mineral Water) rep.by its Proprietor, G.Srinivasa Rao S/o.G.Narayana, age 28 yrs, R/o.42-1-191(H), Karuvadi Donka Kammapalem, Ongole-523 001, Prakasam Dist 3 M/s S.P.Mineral Waters (Unit of S.P.Corrugation Boxes) rep.by its Managingt Partner Sri.T.Thandava Krishna Murthy S/o.Venkata Subbaiah, age 55 yrs R/o.2-23-18, Sarada Street, Srinagar Colony, Kakinada ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) rep.by its Secretary, New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch Office Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notification Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondents bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water of them under the compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to them and without giving them any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non intimating the said requirement to them so far till two days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for the Petitioners:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1:- Mr. Sreenath Patchipulusu, Addl. S.C. for C.G. Counsel for the Respondent No.2 :- MR.O.MANOHER REDDY. (6) WRIT PETITION NO : 6437 OF 2001 Between: 1 Himani Mineral Waters Kakinada, rep.by its Propretrix Smt.Vanga Nagalakshmi W/o.Seshayya, age 42 yrs, R/o.4/53, Sarpavaram Kakinada Rural, East Godavari Dist 2 Venkatadri Mineral Waters being rep.by Managing Partner Sri.Vallabhaneni Subbarao S/o.Venkatadri, age 49 yrs, R/o.D.No.9/70, Gudlavalleru, Krishna Dist 3 Rivereech Water Processors Yellagiri, Choutuppal, Nalgonda Dist being rep.by its Managing Partner Sri.N.Venakta Reddy, S/o.Ramireddy, age 31 yrs, R/o.142, Near Municipal Comml. Complex, Vanastalipuram, RR.Dist. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) rep.by its Secretary, New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch, Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad 3 Food (Health) Authority under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, Medical and Health Services, A.P., Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notifications in GSR.No.202(E), Dt.21/03/2001 and GSR.759(E) and GSR.760(E), Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondent No.1 bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water under definition of food and compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to the petitioners and without giving them any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non intimating the said requirement to the petitioners so far till few days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires and unconstitutional and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for Petitioners:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mrs. P. Madhavi Devi, Addl. S.C. for C.G. Counsel for Respondent No.2: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for Respondent No.3: G.P. for Medical Health & Family Welfare. (7) WRIT PETITION NO : 6452 OF 2001 Between: Pavithra Sai Industries rep.by its Managing Partner B.C.Colony, Shenagapuram Road Mahaboobabad, Warangal Dist. Sri.B.Srinivasa Rao, S/o.B.Sudharshana age 24 yrs, Warangal Dist ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) rep. by its Secretary New Delhi. 2 Bureau of Indian Standards, Hyderabad Branch Office Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notifications in GSR.No.202(E), Dt.21/03/2001 and GSR.759(E) and GSR.760(E), Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondent No.1 bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water of them under definition of food and compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to the petitioners and without giving any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non intimating the said requirement to the petitioners so far till two days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(V) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires and unconstitutional and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for the Petitioner:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr. A. Rajasekhara Reddy, S.C. for C.G. Counsel for Respondent No.2: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY. (8) WRIT PETITION No.6484 OF 2001 Between: Sri Durga Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Plot No.269, Guruswamy Colony Khanajiguda, Secunderabad-15 rep.by its Director Sri.Kolluri Suryanarayana Murthy, S/o.Sirama Murthy, age 42 yrs, R/o. Khanajiguda Sec'bad-15 ..... PETITIONER AND The Govt. of A.P., Office of the Food Inspector, RR.Dist., Directorate of Institute of Preventive Medicine, P.H.Labs & F(H) A, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad, Rep.by the Food Inspector Division-II, Rangareddy Dist .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notice Dt.06/04/2001 issued by the respondent directing the petitioner to stop manufacturing of mineral water / packaged drinking water basing on the impugned notifications No. GSR.759(E) and GSR.760(E), Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the Central Government which were impugned in Writ Petition No.5086/2001 and batch of writ petitions without waiting for the result of the said writ petitions as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also violative of Sec.14 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 and consequently to set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for the Respondent No. : GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (9) WRIT PETITION NO : 6626 OF 2001 Between: M/s Samco Aqua Pvt. Ltd., Karolbagh, Beerbun, Hyderabad rep.by its Managing Director Mr.Syed Jawad Zulquadar S/o.S.M.Hussen, age 40 yrs, R/o.D.No.11-4-658, Lakdikapul, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health) rep. by its Secretary New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch Office Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad 3 Govt. of A.P., Office of the Food Inspector Directorate of Institute of Preventive Medicine, PH.Labs, &F(H), A, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad rep.by the Food Inspector, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notifications in GSR.No.202(E), Dt.21/03/2001 and GSR.759(E) and GSR.760(E), Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondent No.1 bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water of them under definition of food and compulsory BIS certification with effect from 29/03/2001 without any notice to the petitioners and without giving any opportunity of hearing, which involves huge financial commitments, and non intimating the said requirement to the petitioner so far till two days back as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and also violative of Section 14 of Bureau of Indian Standards Act and also violative of Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultra vires and unconstitutional and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the second respondent in the form of Booklet by way of information of packaged water certification.. Counsel for the Petitioner:- SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA. Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr. A. Rajasekhara Reddy, S.C. for C.G. Counsel for Respondent No.2: Mr. O. Manohar Reddy Counsel for the Respondent No.3: GP FOR MEDICAL HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (10) WRIT PETITION No.6656 OF 2001 Between: 1 M/s Mag Fast Beverages 22-8-555/1&2 Chatta Bazar X Road, Hyderabad-2 rep.by its Proprietor Sri.Syed Ghaziuddin 2 M/s Sai Deep Beverages and Food Pvt. Ltd., 32-1151/124, Enadu Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad rep.by its Director Sri.Om Prakash L. 3 M/s Shiva Aqua Industries Plto No.53, Gandhi Gunj, Vikarabad, rep.by its Proprietor C.Shiva Prasad 4 M/s Sri Vidya Mineral Processors Pvt. Ltd., Hemanagar, PO.Box.No.10, Uppal Post, Hyderabad-39 rep.by its Director Dr.Geetha V.Narayanan 5 M/s K.V.N.Industries Plot No.33, Green Park Colony, Karmanghat, RR.Dist rep.by its Proprietor K.Krishna Reddy 6 M/s S.N.R.Mineral D.No.12-1-1385 Shanthinagar Secunderabad rep.by its Partner A.V.Srinivasa Rao 7 M/s Vishnu Industries 17-1-382/K/SB/53/B/A Balajinagar, Champapet, RR.Dist., rep.by its Managing Director K.Madhusudhan Reddy 8 M/s Sri Krishna Food Products 6-2-3, Shivarampally, NPA Post R.R.District, rep.by its Proprietor S.Shivashanth Reddy 9 M/s Mattepally Laxminarasimha Industries Teachers Colony, Huzurnagar, Nalgonda Dist rep.by its Proprietor Ch.Vinay Kumar 10 M/s Sri Balaji Acqua Industries Vivekananda Nagar, Kukatpally rep.by its Proprietor T.Rajendra Babu 11 M/s Sri Venkateswara Beverages Munagala, Nalgonda Dist rep.by its Managing Partner P.Ramachander Rao 12 M/s B.S.R.Industries PIN No.6, Block No.18 Auto Nagar, Hyderabad rep.by its Partner P.Janardhan Rao 13 M/s V.H. Aqua Products 16-1-569/2, Behind ACP Office, Saidabad, Hyderabad rep.by its Managing Partner G.Venkat Reddy ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, (Department of Health), rep. by its Secretary, New Delhi. 2 State of A.P. rep.by its Secretary Medical & Health Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Hyderabad Branch Office Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad. 4 Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) rep.by its Director, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notifications in GSR.No.202(E), Dt.21/03/2001 and GSR.759(E) and GSR.760(E), Dt.29th September 2000 issued by the respondent No.1 bringing the Mineral Water/packaged Drinking Water units under the definition of "Food" and compulsory certification from Respondent No.3 with effect from 29/03/2001 as illegal, capricious and violative of principles of natural justice as the Respondent No.1 has no jurisdiction as the same is in violation of Sec.2(V) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently to quash the said notification, together with the instructions issued by the Respondent No.3. Counsel for the Petitioners:- MRP.V.SANJEEVA RAO Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr. A. Rajasekhara Reddy, S.C. for C.G. Counsel for Respondent No.3: Mr. O. Manohar Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 and 4: G.P. for Medical Health & Family Welfare. (11) WRIT PETITION NO : 6827 of 2001 Between: 1 M/s Bindu Water Industries rep.by its Prop. Mr.M.Chinmayand age 32 yrs, Business, R/o.Nunna St. Draksharam, E.G.Dist 2 M/s Vasavi Enterprises rep.by its Prop.G.Venkateswara Rao S/o.G. Krishna Murthy age 32 yrs, Occ:Business, R/o.Prathipadu, E.G.Dist ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Govt. of India Ministry of Health Family Welfare Department of Health rep. by its Secretary New Delhi 2 Bureau of Indian Standards Hyderabad Branch Office Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue writ of mandamus declaring the impugned notification Dt.29/09/2000 issued by the respondents bringing the Mineral Water Units/ packaged Drinking Water of us under the compulsory BIS certification w.e.f. 29/03/2001 without any notice to us and without giving us any opportunity of hearing which involves huge financial commitments and non intimating the said requirements to us so far one week back as illegal, arbitrary capricious and violative of principles of natural justice and also unjust and unwarranted and suffers from lack of inherent jurisdiction and also violative of Sec.2(v) and Clause (2) Sec.23 of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act and Articles 14,19(g) and 21 of Constitution of India and also ultravires and consequently to set aside the said notification and consequential instructions issued by the 2nd respondent in form of booklet by way of information of packaged water certification. Counsel for the Petitioners:- MR.K.V.SESHAGIRI RAO Counsel for Respondent No.1: Mr. A. Rjasekhara Reddy, S.C. for C.G. Counsel for the Respondent No.2: MR. O. Manohar Reddy (12) WRIT PETITION NO : 6963 OF 2001 Between:- R.V.Industries Mfg.Heritage Mineral Water Rep by its Proprietor Ravi Venkateswarlu S/o.Ramanaiah Plot No.10, Block No.32 , Autonagar , Hyderabad,70.A.P Flat No.1/A, Plot No.II Upstair,Trinity Cooperative Bank Building Vanasthalipuram , Hyderabad .A.P. ..... PETITIONER AND