D.M. Dharmadhikari, J.

This petition shall decide the batch of connected petitions numbers W.P. 4882/99 (M.P. Singh v. Union of India and others) W.P. 4883/99, (Sudhir Ku. Sharma v. Union of India and others) W.P. 4905/99, (Kewal Kumar Bhalla and others v. Union of India and others) W.P. 4909/99, (R.D. Namdeo and another v. Union of India and others W.P. 49-13/99 (Dr. Mueen Ansari and Anr. v. The State of M.P. and others) W.P. 4914/99, (Vishnu Dubey v. The State of M.P. and others) W.P. 4916/99, (Anis Ahmad Siddiqui v. Union of India and others W.P.4917/99 (Rajendra Awasthy v. State of M.P.) W.P. 5011/99, (Deepak Kumar Soni v. Union of India and others) W.P. 5057/99, (Vireendra Kumar Rai v. The State of M.P. and others) W.P. 5062/99, (Vyas Kashyap v. Union of India and others) W.P. 5058/99, (Yadu Nath Singh v. State of M.P. and others) W.P. 5059/99, (Bhajan Lai Sharma v. The State of M.P. and others) W.P. 5060/99, (Raman Popali v. State of M.P. and others) and W.P. 4855/99 (Ghanshyam Jamanani v. State of M.P.), which were heard analogously.

In all these petitions the petitioners challenge the constitutional validity of the provisions of the State legislation contain in M.P. Muni