1. The petitioner, Sri. R. Balakrishna Pillai, is a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He belongs to the Kerala Congress (J) which is a component of the United Democratic Front (hereinafter referred to as the U. D. F.) led by the Congress (I). He was a Minister holding the portfolio of Electricity in the previous Ministry (U. D. F. Government) which was in power from 1982 to 1987. In this Original Petition, the attack is against Ext. P6, a notification issued by the State Government dated 16-12-1987. The said notification is one issued under S.3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (Central Act 60 of 1952). As many as 14 allegations against the petitioner are included in the Appendix to Ext. P6. A free translation of the said allegations in English (as furnished by petitioner's counsel) is as follows:

1. The contract of Tunnel driving works of the Lower Periyar Project given to the "Hindustan Construction Company" (H. C. C.), which was quoted more than Rs. 1,09,80,000/- than the "Asian Tech Company". In order to make the H. C. C. as the lowest tenderer technically and thus to award the contract to them, conventions and approved methods followed hither to for t