1. Up to and inclusive of the 31st October, 1956, judges of the High Court of Travancore-Cochin were sitting at Trivandrum and exercising in respect of cases arising in the district of Trivandrum the jurisdiction and powers of a single judge or a Division Bench of two judges as determined by the Chief Justice. This was under the proviso added to S.6 of the Travancore-Cochin High Court Act V of 1125 by Central Act 38 of 1953. The section with the proviso reads as follows:

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A registry was opened at Trivandrum, in charge of a Joint Registrar, and thereafter all cases arising in the district of Trivandrum were being instituted there.

2. On the 1st of November, 1956, the High Court of Travancore-Cochin stood abolished by reason of S.50 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and with it went what might be called its Trivandrum Bench. Under S.51 (1) of the Act, Ernakulam was notified by the President as the principal seat of the new High Court of Kerala which came into being on that date, and the new High Court was functioning exclusively at Ernakulam until the Chief Justice acting under S.51 (3) of the Act issued the following notification (marked as Ext. P-2 in this ca