G.S.Singhvi, J.

1. To some people State is essentially a class-structure, an organization of one class dominating over the other classes; others regard it as an organization that transcends all classes and stands for the whole community. They regard it as a power-system. Some view it entirely as a legal structure, either in the old Austrinian sence which made it a relationship of governors and governed, or, in the language of modern jurisprudence, as a community, organized for action under legal rules. Some regard it as no more than a mutual insurance society, others as the very texture of all our life. Some class the state as a great corporation and others consider it as indistinguishable from society itself. (Mac Iver, "The Modern State")

2. During recent times, the concept of State has undergone drastic changes. Today, State cannot be conceived of simply as a coercive machinery wielding the power of authority for simply collecting tax or for enforcing law and order. It now carries out multifarious activities affecting the lives of the individuals. State also renders varied kind of services to the people. According to Mac Iver- "if we clearly grasp the character of the