1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2312 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2312 OF 2007 WRIT PETITION NO. 2312 OF 2007 F..M. Fabrics. .. Petitioners. vs. Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr. D.V. Merchant, Sr. Adv. with Dilip Singh i/by Aruna Sngh for Petitioners. CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE: 31st JANUARY, 2008. DATE: 31st JANUARY, 2008. DATE: 31st JANUARY, 2008. P.C. . The petitioners challenge the order passed by the 2nd Appellate Committee of the Ministry of Textiles forfeiting the licence issued to the petitioners. The licence has been forfeited since the petitioners were not able to fulfil the quota and had not surrendered the licence as required by the respondents. The main contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that the quota was not fulfilled because of the embargo declared by the Government of India. 2 2. We find from the impugned order that the authority has considered all the various factors and has decided the matter after affording the petitioners a personal hearing. The Committee noted that the appellant firm did not surrender the quota certificate though affected by the embargo, within the validity period i.e. before 30.9.2004 or within the extended period i.e. upto 31.12.2004. In view of this, the writ petition is rejected. (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (Smt. Nishita Mhatre, J.) (Smt. Nishita Mhatre, J.) (Smt. Nishita Mhatre, J.)