Wanchoo, C.J.—This is an application by Smt. Kanta Devi and Kirpa Ram under Art. 226 of the Constitution against the State of Rajasthan for a writ, direction or order in connection with the nomination of members to the Municipal Board of Pokaran.

2. Brief facts alleged by the applicants are these :

There is a Municipality in the town of Pokaran governed by the Rajasthan Town Municipalities Act (No. XXIII of 1951, hereinafter called the Act). The membership of the Board consists of eight elected and two nominated members. The election to the Board took place some-time before January, 1956 and eight persons were duly elected thereto. Thereafter on 28th January, 1956, the Government of Rajasthan made two nominations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sec. 2 of the Act. These two persons are the two applicants before us. The District Magistrate then issued a notice fixing a date place and time for election of the chairman of the Board. The date was the 7th of March, 1956. Information of this was sent to the applicants also. It may also be mentioned that before this meeting of the 7th of March, 1956, another meeting of the Board was called by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Pok

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