Gujarat High Court Stays Withdrawal of QCOs on Polyester Yarn
Product description – Polyester Industrial Yarn (‘IDY’), Polyester Continuous Filament Fully Drawn Yarn (‘FDY’) and Polyester Partially Oriented Yarn (‘POY’)
Court – Gujarat High Court
Date of Decision – 4th May 2026
Nature of Decision – Interim Relief
Facts of the Case –
The Central Government, through the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and in exercise of powers conferred under Section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (BIS Act, 2016), introduced a set of Quality Control Orders (QCOs) in 2022 and 2023 mandating compliance with Indian Standards for specified polyester yarn products.
The QCOs issued were as follows:
- Polyester Industrial Yarn (Quality Control) Order, 2022, bearing S.O. 1652(E) dated 5th April 2022.
- Polyester Continuous Filament Fully Drawn Yarn (Quality Control) Order, 2023, bearing S.O. 3193(E) dated 17th July 2023.
- Polyester Partially Oriented Yarn (Quality Control) Order, 2023, bearing S.O. 3194(E) dated 17th July 2023.
Subsequently, on 12th November 2025, the Central Government rescinded the aforesaid QCOs with immediate effect. As a consequence, the requirement of mandatory BIS compliance for these products stood withdrawn. Aggrieved by this sudden withdrawal, domestic manufacturers of the concerned products approached the Gujarat High Court challenging the said withdrawal notifications.
Decision – By an interim order dated 4th May 2026, the Gujarat High Court granted relief to domestic manufacturers of Polyester Partially Oriented Yarn, Polyester Continuous Filament Fully Drawn Yarn, and Polyester Industrial Yarn by staying the operation of the notification dated 12th November 2025, through which the Central Government had withdrawn the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) on these products. As a result of the interim order, the earlier Quality Control Orders implemented vide Notification S.O. 1652(E) dated 5th April 2022 (for IDY), Notification S.O. 3193(E) dated 17th July 2023 (for FDY), and Notification S.O. 3194(E) dated 17th July 2023 (for POY) stand revived.
