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....Natural Gas Commission v. Collector of Central Excise [1995] Supp 4 SCC 541 followed subsequently in the case of Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Andhra Pradesh v. Collector AIR 2003 SC 1805. For convenience paras. 3 and 4 of Oil and Natural Gas Commission v. Collector of Central Excise [1995] Supp 4 SCC 541 are reproduced below: "3. We direct that, the Government of India shall set up a Committee consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Industry, the Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Ministry of Law, to monitor disputes between Ministry and Ministry of the Government of India, Ministry and public sector undertakings of the Government of India and public sector undertakings in between themselves, to ensure that no....

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....erting to the facts of the case on hand, we are of the view that after the said statutory order of the Commissioner of Survey, Settlement and Land Record, the matter should have rested there. We have, therefore, no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that it was not only inappropriate but also illegal for the Chief Conservator of Forests, though he might have done so in all good faith, to have questioned the order of the Commissioner of Survey, Settlement and Land Record before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Writ Petition (C) No. 3414 of 1982. The Chief Conservator of Forests as the petitioner can neither be treated as the State of Andhra Pradesh nor can it be a case of misdescription of the State of Andhra Pradesh. The fact is that....