DESHPANDE M.S., J.: - In Writ Petition No. 1670 of 1985, the rule is restricted to the prayer for a direction to respondent No. 1 to enact a uniform Rent Control legislation throughout the State of Maharashtra and striking down the Notification, dated October 24, 1968, whereby a house used for non-residential purposes constructed on a site lying vacant on the 1st day of January, 1967, or on a site made vacant after the date by demolition of any structure standing thereon, is exempted from the provisions of the C.P. Berar Letting of Houses and Rent Control Order, 1949; and non-residential premises constructed before the 1st day of January, 1967, have been exempted from the provisions of Chapter III of the said Order.

2. In Writ Petition No. 1695 of 1985, the petitioner seeks a writ striking down the provisions of Chapter III of the C.P. Berar Letting of Houses and Rent Control Order 1949, framed under the C.P. Berar Regulations of Letting of Accommodation Act, 1946, as unconstitutional.

3. In Writ Petition No. 1670 of 1985, petitioner No. 1 is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act which has been formed with the object of safeguarding the interests o