ORDER:- The petitioner who is a land-holder within the Imphal Municipal Area prays for a writ of mandamus against the Imphal Municipal Board (Respondent) to quash the two resolutions - Annexures-A and D passed by the said Municipal Board on 5-8-1960 and 20-12-1960 respectively.

2. Imphal Municipal Board was constituted in 1956 under the Assam Municipal Act 1923, which was extended to Manipur after it became a Union Territory. Subsequently the Assam Municipal Act 1956 (Assam Act XV of 1957 hereinafter to be referred to as the Act) was enacted in Assam and it was extended to Manipur by the Notification Annexure-I dated 12-2-1960. On 17-3-1960, the Chief Commissioner by another order Annexure-II extended the boundaries of the Imphal Municipality by including an area of 5 and odd sq. miles lying contiguous to the existing area within its limits. The term of office of the members of the existing Municipal Board was also extended by another notification Annexure-III upto 31-3-1961, so that the Electoral rolls for the newly extended area may be prepared and the election of the new Municipal Board may be held on the basis of the extended area to allow the inhabitants of that area to partici

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