JUDGMENT

Bhan, J.-This judgment shall dispose of Civil Appeal No. 10224 of 1995 directed against the Division Bench Judgment of the Rajasthan High Court arising from Civil Writ Petition No. 837 of 1987 decided on 17th May, 1994 and Writ Petition (C) No. 737 of 1995 filed in this Court challenging the order made by the Government of India (Annexure D in the writ petition) dated 21st July, 1995 determining the national status of the petitioners under Section 9(2) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (for Short "the Act").

2. The parties would be referred by their original status in the appeal as Appellant Nos. 1 and 2 (who are the writ petitioners Nos. 1 and 2) and the respondent as the Government of India.

3. The appellant No. 1, Bhanwaroo Khan and the appellant No. 2- wife of the appellant No. 1, are said to be residents of Village Hammoosar, Tehsil Ratangarh, in the State of Rajasthan and at present residing at Sardar Sahar, District Churu, Rajasthan. They had left India and partition of the country and became citizens of Pakistan. After obtaining passports from the Pakistan as nationals/citizens of Pakistan and after obtaining visas from Indian High Commission in year 1955, the appellants e