PANIGRAHI, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by Sri saradhakar Supakar, a member of the Orissa Legislative Assembly, praying for the issue of a writ on the Speaker and the Secretary of the Assembly, directing them "to exclude the address of the Governor followed by a discussion thereof as provided for under Article 176 of the Constitution," from the list of business fixed for the 7th and 8th March 1952 and "directing them not to hold any meeting of the Assembly on these dates for that purpose" it is said that a point of order raised for this very purpose was overruled by the acting Speaker on the 6th March 1952.

( 2 ) THE petitioner urges that the first session of the Orissa Legislative Assembly after the recent General Elections commenced its sittings from the 4th March 1952 as the members had been summoned by the Secretary of the Assembly under the direction of the Governor of Orissa to meet on that date. A notice was issued by the Secretary of the Assembly forwarding a copy of the calendar of meetings for "the first session of the Orissa Legislative Assembly commencing from. 4-3-52". The calendar of meetings sent with this notice sh