A. K. PATNAIK, C. J. :-

This is a reference made to the Full Bench by a Division Bench of this Court in a pending Public Interest Litigation filed by the petitioner under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India.

2. The relevant facts for appreciating why the reference has been made to the Full Bench are that the petitioner filed Writ Petition No. 988 of 1999 as a Public Interest Litigation (for short 'PIL') challenging the grant and payment of pension to Ex-Legislators of the State of Madhya Pradesh as well as the vires of the M.P. Vidhan Sabha Sadasya Vetan Tatha Bhatta Tatha Pension Adhiniyam. A Division Bench of this Court hearing the PIL found that the issue raised in the PIL had already been settled by another Division Bench of this Court in Raghu Thakur v. State, AIR 1997 MP 223 and the grant and payment of pension to Ex-Legislators had been held as intra vires the Constitution.

The Division Bench further held in the order dated 9-9-1999 in W.P. No. 988 of 1999 reported in 2000 (2) MPLJ 448 : 2000 (1) MPHT 203 that the petitioner was still persisting in his efforts to file series of writ petitions on constitutional and other issues which stood settled only to hog publici