WANCHOO, C.J.—This is an application by Rang Raj and seven others under Art. 226 of Constitution for a writ of mandamus and prohibition against the Gram Panchayat Khinwel, through its Sarpanch Chunnilal. The State of Rajasthan has also been made a party to this application.

2. The application came up for hearing on the 7th of April, 1952 (See 1952 R.L.W. 184.), and was then allowed on the ground that the notification under sec. 4 of the Marwar Village Panchayats Act, 1935, (hereinafter called the Marwar Act) had not been issued constituting a Panchayat in this village. Later there was an application for review, which was allowed on the 10th of December, 1953., as the notification under sec. 4 had been found out. The application has therefore, now come up for hearing on the other points raised therein. The case of the applicants is that the Gram Panchayat has imposed certain taxes, and that if has not the authority to do so, and therefore it should be forbidden from realizing those taxes. It is also urged that the Gram Panchayat has started taking coercive action against the applicants for realization of some of the taxes, and therefore the need for the present application. The taxes

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