By the Court.—This petition has been filed by an elected member of the Nagar Palika Parishad, Firozabad for the following reliefs:

(i) A declaration that Section 8-AA of the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 is ultra vires Article 243-U of the Constitution;

(ii) A certiorari for quashing notifications dated 4 August 2014 and 7 August 2014;

(iii) A mandamus not to curtail the term of the Nagar Palika Parishad, Firozabad and to allow the elected members to continue, notwithstanding the constitution of a municipal corporation; and

(iv) A mandamus to reconstitute the areas to be included in the Nagar Palika Parishad for uplifting it to the status of a municipal corporation.

2. On 20 October 2008, in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 read with Article 243-Q of the Constitution, the State Government notified the areas which were comprised within the limits of the Nagar Palika Parishad, Firozabad. On 20 April 2011, an unanimous resolution was passed at a meeting of the Nagar Palika Parishad recording that since the population of the area was 6,23,000, a municipal corporation may be notified. By a notification dated