B.D.Singh, J.

1. The petitioner, the Patna Electric Supply Co. Ltd.. a company Incorporated under the Indian Companies Act having its registered office at 14. Old Court House Street, Calcutta filed an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India impleading the Patna Municipal Corporation, the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator and the Assistant Administrator of the said Corporation as well as the State of Bihar through the Secretary, Local Self-Government as respondents 1 to 5 respectively, for issuance of a writ in the nature of a writ of mandamus calling upon the respondents to show cause why the demands made on behalf of respondent No. 1 and the notices issued on its behalf under Annexures H and K to the application be not quashed and cancelled and the respondents be restrained from making similar demands in future.

2. The petitioner holds the interest as an assignee of the Patna-Binapore Electric Licence, 1923 granted by the Government of Bihar and prissa under the Indian Electric Companies Act, 1910 (hereinafter referred to as the Electricity Act) to M/s. Octavius Steel & Co. Ltd., for supplying electrical energy in the area specified under the licen