Shearer, J.

1. These two applns. which have been heard together are applns. under Article 226 of the Constitution. Very elaborate arguments have been addressed to us by Sir Sultan Ahmed, who appears in Support of one of the applns. & by Mr. P. R. Das, who appears in support of the other. Mr. P. R. Das, for instance, invited us to declare that the Bihar Administration of Evacuee Property Ordinance, 1949, was an unconstitutional law. It is, however, quite unnecessary to go into this point or into some of the other points which were raised, & the applns. can be very shortly disposed of. The petnr. in Misc. Judl. Case No. 170 of 1950 describes herself as Kumar Rani Sayeedah Khatoon, wife of Captain Maharaja Kumar Gopal Saran Narayan Singh. Kumar Rani Sayeedah Khatoon landed at the Palam Air Port in New Delhi on 14-5-1950. She was in possession of a permit granted by the High Comr. for India in Pakistan, which entitled her to remain in India permanently. She was, therefore, admitted, & proceeded to Gaya where her husband resides. On 19-5-1950, in accordance with the instructions contained on her permit, she made the permit over to the Sub-Inspector in charge of the police statio