( 1 ) BY this application under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner-challenges the validity of the "madhya Pradesh Tendu Patta (Vyapar Viniyaman)Niyamavali Sanshodhan Adhyadesh, 1965" (hereinafter referred to as the ordinance), an ordinance promulgated by the Governor on 11th May 1965, amending in certain respects the "madhya Pradesh Tendu Patta- (Vyapar viniyaman ) Niyamavali, 1965, (Rules framed under the M. P. Tendu Patta (Vyapar viniyaman) Adhiniyam, 1964, and hereinafter called the Rules), and of the appointment of the respondent No. 5, M/s Vrajlal Muljibhai and Co. , Bilaspur, as purchaser for the purchase of Tendu Patta leaves collected by the Government or by its officers or agents in certain units of certain ranges of North Bilaspur Forest division. The petitioner prays that the Ordinance be declared' invalid and the appointment of the respondent No. 5 purporting to have been made in accordance with the Rules, as amended by the Ordinance, be held to be illegal, and the opponents be commanded to give effect to the Chhotabhai Jethabhai Patel and Co. v. State of M. P. , Misc. Petn. No. 153 of 1965, D/-27-4-1965: (AIR 1966 MP 34)by inviting fresh tende