( 1 ) THIS application under Article 227 of the Constitution and Sections 115 and 151 of the C. P. C. for the issue of a writ of certiorari for quashing an order, dated the 18th February 1965 of the Civil Judge, First Class, Rajnandgaon, holding that his court has jurisdiction to try a suit filed by the opponent No. 2, Shri Hajarimal, and for a direction prohibiting the civil Court from proceeding with the suit or any application made therein, has been made in the following circumstances.

( 2 ) THE petitioner No. 1, the Nava Samaj Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the company) is a public limited company incorporated under the Indian Companies act having its registered office at Nagpur in Maharashtra State. The main object of the Company, as mentioned in the Memorandum, is the printing and publishing of a news-paper called 'nagpur Times' at Nagpur. The second petitioner, the Nagpur times Trust, was brought into existence under a trust deed, dated the 9th May 1957 and is the managing agent of the Nava Samaj Ltd. The third and fourth petitioner, Shri K. K. Thakur and Dr. M. B. Niyogi, are the trustees of the Nagpur times Trust. The fifth petitioner is the Chairman of the