D.H.Waghela, J. :

1. These appeals are preferred by the State Government from the common judgment and order dated 30.3.2015 in Writ Petition Nos. 7939-40/2015 C/W Writ Petition Nos. 8041 & 8318/2015. Respondent Nos.1 and 2 herein, who were the main petitioners before learned Single Judge and who claimed to be councilors of the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ('BBMP' for short) had pressed their petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the State Government to hold elections to BBMP on or before 22.4.2015.

2. The background in which the petitions were pressed included the fact that, earlier in November 2006, when the term of BBMP came to an end, the State Government had not held the election in time and, after the matter reaching this court, the Division Bench had directed the State Government on 2.7.2008 to conduct elections to the then Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike by initiating steps at the earliest. Even then, the Election Commission had published notification dated 6.3.2010 to hold the election to BBMP and the first meeting of the newly constituted Corporation was held on 23.4.2010. Therefore, the term of the present Corporation was expiring on 22.4.2015, but no st