( 1 ) G. V. NARSIMHA Reddy and g. V. Mohan Reddy, the writ petitioners filed the present writ petition against the commissioner, Nirmal Municipality, Adilabad district, praying for the issuance of a writ of "certiorari" calling for records pertaining to the Order of the Commissioner in his proceedings Ref. Unauthorised VO. No. 33/ 96-97, dated 21-2-1997 and quash the same as being illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the A. P. Municipalities act, 1965 (for brevity the Act ) and further being unconstitutional and violative of article 14 of the Constitution of India and pass such other suitable orders.

( 2 ) ELABORATE affidavit sworn to by the first petitioner narrating several details was filed in support of writ petition. The respondent-Municipality filed a counter- affidavit and the petitioners also filed a reply affidavit thereto.

( 3 ) SRI V. M. Chary, representing Sri s. Niranjan Reddy, the learned Counsel for the petitioners had taken this Court through the contents of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the counter- affidavit and the reply affidavit and had pointed out that the petitioners, in the facts and circumstances, ar