VAIDIALINGAM, J. :- (On behalf of himself and T.K. Joseph, J.) : In this writ petition, on behalf of the petitioner, his learned counsel, Mr. K. V. Surianarayana Iyer, seeks a declaration that the Kerala Agrarian Relations Act, 1960, Kerala Act 4 of 1961, is ultra vires, unconstitutional and void and is not binding on the petitioner and his lands situated in the area commonly known as the Malabar area, which once formed part of the State of Madras, and is now part of the Kerala State, after the States Reorganisation in 1956.

(a) The petitioner also prays for the issue of a writ of certiarari to quash the notification, G. O. (P) No. 147 dated 15-2-1961 issued by the first respondent, the State, appointing the 15th day of February, 1961, as the date on which Sections 1 to 40, 57, 58, 70, 74 to 79 and 81 to 95 of Kerala Act 4 of 1961 are to come into force, as that notification is unconstitutional and illegal. There is a further prayer for the issue of a writ of mandamus forbearing the respondents, which include the Land Tribunals at Palghat, Ottappalam, Trichur and Tirur, from enforcing the provisions of Kerala Act 4 of 1961 and also from proceeding further with certain appl