ORDER

1. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Attorney General, who drew our attention to the decision of this Court in Pashupati Nath Sukul V. Nem Chandra Jain [(1984) 2 SCC 404]. In that case two questions were raised for consideration and one of them was whether a person elected as a member of a legislative assembly but who has not made and subscribed the prescribed oath or affirmation as required by Article 188 of the Constitution can validly propose a person as a candidate at an election held for filling a seat in the Rajya Sabha. Dealing with this contention the Court examined the provisions of the Constitution and then came to the conclusion recorded in para 20 to the effect that an elected member who had not taken oath but whose name appears in the notification published under Section 73 of the Act (Representation of the People Act, 1951) can take part in all non-legislative activities of an elected member. Their Lordships further pointed out that the right of voting at an election to the Rajya Sabha can also be exercised by him. This conclusion is based on the premise that the election to the Rajya Sabha does not form part of the legislat