Banerji, J.

1. This is an unusual petition. Five Municipal Commissioners of the Arrah Municipality have prayed for several writs against the Municipal Commissioners, themselves, and against the Executives. By one writ they want that the Commissioners be compelled to function under opposite party 2, who, according to them, still continues to be the Chairman. By another they want opposite party 2 to be restrained from vacating his office. By yet another writ they want that opposite party 3, who has been elected a Chairman in the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, be asked to show cause under what authority he has been functioning and why he should not be prohibited from acting as Chairman. They further want a directive from this Court to compel opposite party Nos. 5 to 36, all Municipal Commissioners, to function under opposite party 2 and to be restrained from helping opposite party 3. The last writ sought for is on opposite party 4, President of the Municipality, for quashing his rulings given on the points of order raised in two meetings of the Municipal Commissioners held on the 7th and 9-1-1956.

2. The facts giving rise to an interesting situation like this require