U.N. Bhachawat, J.

This order shall also govern the disposal of Miscellaneous Petition No. 166 of 1983 (Narayandas Dubey v. The State of M.P. & Others).

This is a petition under Article 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.

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.

1. 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 section 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-II-81, Bhopal, dated the 20th November 1981, published in the M. P. Government (Extra-ordinary) Gazette (Part 2) of that date (Annexure P-l):

No. 1284 XVIII-II-81.-In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of section 16 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities