ORDER

1. This is a petition transferred from the High Court on the request of the union of India and it has been registered as Transferred Case No. 20 of 2004. The writ petition was filed by the petitioner before the High Court with the following prayers:

1. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, direction or order quashing/setting aside the order and Notification No. 282/UTT/ 2001-DEL dated 5-11-2001 issued by Respondent 1 insofar as it pertains to increasing the reserved seats from 2 to 3 for Scheduled Tribes in the State of uttaranchal and consequently declare that only 2 seats be reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the State of Uttaranchal.

2. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction directing the respondents to modify the impugned order dated 5-11-2000 notified and published in the Official Gazette of the Uttaranchal Government and consequently direct the respondents to declare Dharchula Constituency in District Pithoragarh (AC No. 70) as a general seat.

3. Issue a writ of certiorari to quash Clause 5(e) of Section 22 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000 insofar as it relates to “... and shall not be called in question in any co