problem, to be followed continuously, year after year. It is clear that the Division Bench was only trying to resolve the problem that was thrown up by the cases that were decided, temporarily. It is not in dispute that in accordance with the solution worked out by the District Collector for the said year, the right to collect sand was granted to the various societies. It is also not in dispute that the said term has expired. It is in the said circumstances that the present G.O.Ext.R6(c) and the notification, which is Ext.P5 in WP(C) 11010/2012, has been issued. I notice that the District Collector is no longer in the picture as far as Exts.P5 and R6(a) are concerned and it is the Port authorities themselves who are exercising the power to award tenders. It is therefore clear that the observations in Ext.P3 judgment were not intended to be followed permanently, year after year. For the above reasons, there cannot be any doubt that the Division Bench was only stipulating the manner in which the procedure for the award of tenders was to be handled by the authorities in those cases for that particular year. It is also worth noticing that in Ext.P3, neither the Government order nor the circular was set aside. The present Government Order Ext.R6(c) as well as the notification Ext.P5 are worded more or less on the same lines as Exts.P1 and P2. It is true that the eligibility to quote for the