B.P.Singh, J.

1. In this batch of writ petitions the petitioners have challenge their removal from the office of Chairman/Vice Chairman/Member of Various Authorities/Corporations/Boards which have been constituted under various Acts, or have been incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act. Different statutory provisions fall for consideration in this batch of writ petitions, and I shall, therefore, deal with the cases separately so that the relevant statutory provisions are not missed. Broadly speaking, the cases can be classified under two heads, firstly those which relate to Authorities or Boards constituted under a Statute, and secondly those which have been incorporated under the Companies Act and are really Government Companies, by whatever name called.

2. I shall first take up the three writ petitions wherein the removal of the Chairman of three Regional Development Authorities is challenged. Under the Bihar Regional Development Authority Act, 1981 , the State Government has been empowered to constitute an authority to be called as Regional Development Authority bearing the name of that region.

C.W.J.C.Nos. 3385, 3338 and 3024 of 1990 :

In the instant case