Ramesam, J.

1. This is an application by Sri Rajah Malraju Venkatanarasimha Rao Bahadur Garu of Narasaraopet for a writ of certiorari to be issued to the three respondents who are : (1) the Chairman of the Narasaraopet Municipal Council elected at a meeting op 5th November 1929, (2) the Municipal Council and (3) the Vice-Chairman of the Municipal Council who presided at the meeting of 5th November for electing the Chairman and for setting aside the alleged resolution of a mooting on that day declaring respondent 1 to have been duly elected as Chairman. The petitioner is the other candidate for election.

2. An application was made to the Government, by the petitioner for setting aside the election on the ground of various irregularities in the election; but the Government while finding that the action of the Councilors in violating the provisions of Rule 4 of the rules for the election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Municipal Councils prescribing secret voting was highly irregular did not interfere with the election in question and passed an order leaving the aggrieved parties to the legal remedies. Immediately after the said order of the Government (on 10th December 192