( 1 ) THIS is an appln. under Article 226, Const. Ind. for the issue of a writ of mandamus and a writ of prohibition.

( 2 ) THE petnr. has come up to this Ct. with the allegation that he is a citizen of India and is the proprietor of a zamindari in the district of Allahabad and that he and his ancestors have held it for the last 200 years and that he continued to hold it on 26-1-1950. He has moved this Ct. because, according to him, the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Bill is a proposed piece of legislation which completely deprives the appct. of the property which he has a right "to hold A dispose of" as he likes, that the opposite parties who are the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Minister of Revenue and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh are legally not providing adequate and reasonable compensation and that the acquisition of his zamindari property is not "an acquisition but a scheme of nationalisation" which is not contemplated under the Constitution, nor can it be said to be an "acquisition for public purposes. " According to the appct. this offends against the fundamental rights vested in him under chap. HI of the Constitution. His case further is that un