U.N. BHACHAWAT, J.

1. This order shall also govern the disposal of Miscellaneous Petition No. 166 of 1983 (Narayanas Dubey v. The State of M.P. and others.)

2. This is a petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India for quashing the order (Annexure P-4) dated 24-5-1983 of the State Government, respondent No. 1 herein.

3. The petitioner is the Vice President nominated by the State Government of the Municipal Council, Seondha, which has come into being in the manner stated hereinafter.

3.01. Seondha was a Notified Area till before 20th November 1981. On 20-11-1981, the State Government in exercise of its powers under section 5 read with S. 344 of the M.P. Municipalities Act, 1961 (for short, hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') declared it to be a municipality and for that purpose, in further exercise of the powers under section 16(1) of the Act, it constituted a committee as under vide notification No. 1284-XVIII-MI-81, Bhopal, dated the 20th November 1981, published in the M.P. Government (Extra-ordinary) Gazette Part 2) of that date (Annexure P-1) :-

No. 1284-XVIII-II-81.-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Madhaya Pradesh Municipali