( 1 ) THIS writ petition has been filed by two Advocates practising in Delhi challenging the actions of the respondents in re-promulgating about 10 ordinances by the President of India on March 26th and March 27th, 1996, which have come into force on 7-4-1996 on the ground that the said actions are unconstitutional and beyond the scope and power under Art. 123 of the Constitution of India. The details of the promulgation and promulgation of the aforesaid 10 Ordinances could be summarised by the following table. The table indicates in the case of each of the 10 Ordinances, the title of the Ordinance, the date of first and second promulgation and also the date of the third promulgation where it applies:the petitioner has also set out in the writ petition the dates when the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha were summoned to meet and were prorogued, which are as follows :-It is stated that the re-promulgation of 5 of the above 10 Ordinances had taken place for the second time in spite of the fact that the Parliament was in Session during the aforesaid time.

( 2 ) LEARNED counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before us that the aforesaid Ordinances have now been re