( 1 ) THIS is a special appeal Against the decision of a learned single Judge in this Court made on the hearing of a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for the issue of a writ of certiorari to quash two orders alleged to have been passed by the State of Uttar Pradesh in the year 1959. In the petition the relevant prayer was put in thus: to quash the order, dated 10 September 1969 (annexure 8), and order, dated 9 September 1959 (annexure 10), by a writ of certiorari or by any other suitable writ, order or direction.

( 2 ) THE petitioner also prayed for the issue of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to withdraw the demand of rupees one lakh and odd which, according to the prayer, included a demand of Rs. 50,654-9-6 Issued against the petitioner, and release the property of the petitioner from attachment, and farther not to proceed with the recovery proceedings.

( 3 ) THE petitioner was a private limited concern doing business at the time when the proceedings, out of which this appeal has arisen, arose under the caption "kays Construction Company (Private), Ltd. "it appears that prior to the company becoming a private limited liabil