(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records on the file of the second respondent relating to the impugned order dated 27.01.2017 bearing Ref.No.U-11018/1/2017-UTL and the third respondent relating to the impugned order dated 16.06.2017 bearing Ref: U-11018/2017-UTL and quash the same in as much as they vest powers on the fourth respondent in violation of the Rules of Business of the Government of Puducherry, 1963 and law.)

1. This writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned communications dated 27.01.2017 and 16.06.2017, which are clarifications issued by the Government of India in respect of the constitutional position relating to the Union Territory of Puducherry.

2. The facts leading to the filing of this writ petition are as under:

(a) It is stated in the affidavit filed in support of this writ petition that the petitioner is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister of Puducherry directly in-charge of the Centre-State relationship between the Union Territory and the Government of India. The petitioner belonging to Indian National Congress Party is the elect