( 1 ) THIS is a Public Interest Litigation whereby two questions of historical importance have been raised i. e. what is the date of birth of the City of Calcutta (now renamed as "kolkata") and whether 'job Charnayak' was the founder of this city.

( 2 ) SINCE both these two questions raise a serious question of the history and the Court felt that it would not be proper for this Court to undertake this exercise, therefore, this Court by an order dated 12th April, 2002 appointed an expert committee to go into these quetstions. The order dated 12th April, 2002 reads as follows:"the Court: By an order dated 5th April, 2002, a committee of the following persons was constituted to go into the question whether Job Charnayak was a founder of Calcutta or not, what is the date of birth of Calcutta and who was the founder:-1. Prof. Nemai Sadhan Bose, 2. Prof. Barun De, 3. Prof. Pradip Sinha, 4. Prof. Arun Kumar Dasgupta, 5. Prof. Sushil Chowdhury. All the five professors were contacted by the Registrar General and they have kindly consented to be the member of the Committee. Let this committee be formed and give their findings on the following two questions:-1. What is the