BHARGAVA, C. J. :- This special appeal has been filed by the Assistant District Panchayat Officer, Rai Bareli, Assistant Development Officer, Rahi, Rai Bareli, the District Panchayat Officer, Rai Bareli, and the State of Uttar Pradesh against a judgment of a learned Single Judge of this Court allowing a petition filed by respondent Jai Narain under Article 226 of the Constitution and quashing an order of appellant No. 1 dated 21st August 1963, directing the holding of a meeting to consider a no-confidence motion which was presented by five members of the Gram Sabha before appellant No. 2, having been signed by more than half the number of members.

When this special appeal came up for hearing, a preliminary objection was raised on behalf of the respondent that the appeal had not been properly filed as it was filed under the signature of the Standing Counsel, who merely had authority to appear and plead on behalf of the appellants but was not entitled to act on their behalf. It appears from a notification reproduced in annexure C of the Legal Remembrancer's Manual that the Standing Counsel was appointed to act for the State Government as well as for public officers in the ser