Per SHINGHAL, J.—The necessity for this reference has arisen in these circumstances: A writ petition (No. 457 of 1973) was filed by M/s Bherulal and Company against the State of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation and three others. There were several other petitions of a similar nature. Some of them came up for admission before Jain J., on April 6, 1973 and were admitted by him. Mr. R. N. Munshi, who was then the Government Advocate, accepted notice on behalf of the respondents the same day, and the learned counsel for the petitioners were directed to supply copies of the writ petitions and the stay application to him. At the same time, interim stay orders were made and the stay applications were ordered to be taken up for hearing on April 16, 1972, on which date those orders were confirmed. Having regard to the urgency of the main cases, it was ordered that they may be listed for hearing on July 9, 1973 and the parties were directed to place the other material on the record by July 2, 1973.

2. On July 4, 1973 Mr. R. N. Munshi filed an application (in writ petition No. 447 of 1973 and other connected petitions) under the first proviso to rule 55 of the Rules of

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