P.S.SAHAY, J.

1. This application, under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, is for quashing the Notification No. 1406 dated 15.09.1979 constituting Ranchi Municipal Corporation and setting out its boundaries, Annexure-3, and Notification No. 1408 of the same date applying certain provisions of the Patna Municipal Corporation Act to the newly formed Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Annexure-1, and also the Notification No. 1532 dated 29.10.1979 by which Hazari Ram Gupta, respondent No. 2, was appointed Administrator, Ranchi Municipal Corporation and also Executive Officer of the Joint Water Works Committee, Ranchi-Doranda, Annexure-2. Here it may be mentioned that subsequently a fresh notification was issued on 29.05.1980, after this writ application was admitted, and Guru Prasad Baidya Jyotishi, Executive Officer, was appointed as Chairman of the Joint Water Board in place of Hazari Ram Gupta.

2. In order to appreciate the points, which have been raised in this application, it will be necessary to state some facts. Under the Bihar and Orissa Municipal Act (hereinafter referred to be as the Municipal Act) two municipalities were functioning; one at Ranchi and the o