( 1 ) THE writ petitioner is the brother of Waris Ali Meerza, the third Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad, who died sometime in 1969. The case of the petitioner is that he claims to be the present Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad and Amir-ul-Omrah by virtue of succession from Syed Hassan Ali Meerza, the last Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and the first Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad as per the following genealogical table :- the petitioner's great grandfather Faridoon Jah Syed Mansoor Ali Khan was the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and was an independent ruler of Subah-e-Bangala and the owner of moveable and immoveable properties including personal stipend payable by the then Government of India under treaty rights. The Estate of the said Nawab Nazim included a large palace at Murshidabad named as Hazar Duari and other places in Bengal, Bihar and Patna and the present premises No. 85, Park Street, Calcutta. Besides the said estate included articles of art, curio, antique and pictures lying in Hazar Duari. By a registered Deed of Gift dated 14th january, 1874 the said Nawab Nazim abdicated and relinquished all his rights, titles and interests appertaining to h