( 1 ) THIS petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution challenges the notification dated December 31, 1997 (Annexure "i") issued by the State Government under S. 7 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, (hereinafter referred to as "the B. L. R. Code") insofar as it has shifted three villages - Amja, Mubarakpura and chandisana from the Kalol taluka of Mehsana district into the Mansa taluka of gandhinagar district.

( 2 ) IN the month of October, 1997, the State Government had decided to bifurcate certain districts and talukas and in that process, the district Mehsana was bifurcated into two districts, i. e. , Mehsana and Patan. Some of the talukas and villages from mehsana district were also amalgamated with the existing Gandhinagar district. In this process, certain talukas also came to be bifurcated and villages forming part of the original talukas came to be amalgamated with one or the other taluka. The notifications under S. 7 of the B. L. R. Code specifying the constitution of the districts and talukas were issued on October 15, 1997. Separate notifications were issued for separate talukas and each of the concerned notifications was accompanied by a Schedule contai