The prayer in the writ petition is as follows :

".......to pass a writ of mandamus or any other writ or order of similar nature directing the respondents to conduct the Election of Chairman and Councillors for all the Municipalities in Tamil Nadu within a date to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.......".

2. The petitioner, voter in Ward No. 9, Palayamkottai who is also a tax payer has come to this Court praying to direct the respondents to conduct elections for all the Municipalities. It seems the petitioner has contested in the year 1986 Municipal Election and lost by a narrow margin. As he is interested in the public affairs, in particular Municipal affairs, of the Palayamkottai Municipality, he has come up to this Court with this writ petition styling as Public interest litigation. The petitioner alleges in the affidavit that the Municipal election took place for all the Municipalities is Tamil Nadu on 23-2-1989, that the tenure of office of the Chairman and Councillors was originally three years, that by Tamil Nadu Act IV of 1989 it has been extended to five years and that the period of office of the Chairman and Councillor expired on 3-3-1991. In such circumstances, a