JUDGMENT - CHAPALGAONKER N.P., J.:— These two petitions raise identical question and, therefore, are taken together. Writ Petition No. 5566 of 1995 challenges a Notification issued by the Revenue and Forest Department of the State of Maharashtra on 9-11-1995 publishing a draft notification intimating the intension of the State Government to rename Aurangabad Revenue Division as Marathwada Division, Aurangabad District as Sambhajinagar district and Aurangabad Sub-Division as Sambhajinagar Sub-Division, Aurangabad taluka as Sambhajinagar Taluka and Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar City. By this Notification, objections, if any, were called from all persons likely to be affected, to be submitted with the Government on or before 8-12-1995 by which the Government proposed to consider the draft notification anytime thereafter. Writ Petition No. 5565 of 1995 challenges Notification of 9-11-1995 by which the Government proposed to alter the name of the city of Aurangabad to city of Sambhajinagar and consequentially proposed to amend Government Notification dated 3-12-1982 by substituting word 'the city of Sambhajinagar' for the words 'the city of Aurangabad'. This notification called for o

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