Malik, CJ.

[1] Qazi Mohammad Siddiq has filed an application, Civil Misc. Writ No. 3 of 1953, against the State of uttar Pradesh and the District Magistrate of Lucknow, under Article 226 of the Constitution, that the applicant applied for the taking out of a religious procession, Madhe Saheba, and this was unjustly refused by the Magistrate on 26-11-1952.

The prayer in the application is that a writ of mandamus or prohibition or directions or such other writ, directions or orders, be issued, as it may be expedient, to the U. P. Government and the District Magistrate of Lucknow prohibiting them from interfering in taking out of the Madhe Saheba procession and holding public Madhe Saheba meetings by the applicant in the city of Lucknow and directing them to allow the applicant to take out such processions and to hold such meetings under such reasonable conditions as may be necessary in this connection, for which the applicant shall ever remain grateful.

[2] There are three other applications. Civil Misc. Appln. No. 12 of 1954 is by Syed Ahmad Ali that he made an application on 25-7-1953, for taking out a Madhe Saheba procession but it was refused. We may mention here that whil