( 1 ) ON July 19, 1976, a Rule against notices in Annexures "b" and "c" to the petition was issued by this Court whereby suo moto proceedings were initiated under the provisions of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955. The said petition was signed and verified by one Ananda Bhairab Ghose claiming to be the Karmachari and Tadbirkar of the petitioner. All statements in the said petition excepting those made in paragraphs 6 and 11 to 19 were affirmed as true to his knowledge. There has of course been a certificate by the learned Advocate that the said deponent was the authorised Karmachari of the petitioner and was competent to affirm the affidavit and sign the petition on his behalf.

( 2 ) AT the time of issuing the Rule, this Court was pleased to grant an order maintaining status quo as on July 19, 1976 for a period of six weeks, with liberty to the petitioner to apply for extension of the said order on the petition of motion with notice to the Respondents. The petitioner was further directed to file an affidavit of service after communication of the gist of the order as made along with the copy of the petition. Such affidavit of service appears to have been filed