M. L. CHATURVEDI, J.

( 1 ) THIS petition, some other similar petitions in which notices had been ordered to be issued, and a number of others in which notices had not been ordered to be issued, were put up together, as the learned counsel for the petitioners proposed to argue the same points in all these petitions. In the present petition as well as in some others, grounds have not been taken to the effect that the impugned Act was void, as it contained unauthorised delegation of power and was inconsistent with Article 14 of the Constitution. But in all the cases in which notices have not been issued, these two points have also been taken. The learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Jagdish swarup, argued the above first two points and, after he had concluded his arguments, the learned junior Standing Counsel raised an objection that, in the petitions in which the above two points had not been taken in the grounds, the learned counsel should not be permitted to argue the points. The objection was made at a late stage of the case and it was further clear that the points had to be considered in some of the writ petitions in which they had been taken. There is the further fact that t

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