R. Prem and S. D. Sekhri, for the petitioner in Petition No.
49/57.
Achhru Ram and Ganpat Rai, for the petitioners in Petition No.
120, 121, 122, 164, 199, 213, 255, 260, 363, 402 407 of 1955, 6, 7, 43, 125, 142, 154, 198, 216 223 of 1956, 32, 60 143 of 1957, 7 104 of 1958.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Petitions Nos.
R. Prem and Raghu Nath, for the petitioner in Petition No.
61 141 of 1957 3 of 1958.
On January 26, 1955, this Abolition Act was brought into force by a numberification issued under s. 1 3 thereof.
R. Prem and P. C. Aggarwal, for the petitioner in Petition No.
153/56.
Legislative Assembly of the State of Himachal Pradesh created by the Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur New State Act 32 of 1954 .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by DAS, C. J. By each of these 32 petitions under Art.
378 of 1955.
R. Prem and K. L. Mehta, for the petitioner in Petition No.
Himachal 15 of 1954 which is said, to have been passed by the,.
120/55.
N. Sanyal, Additional Solicitor General of India, H. J. Umrigar and T. M. Sen, for the respondent.
32 of our Constitution, which have been heard together, the respective petitioners challenge the companystitutional validity of the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953.
As soon as may be after the companymencement of this Act, there shall be held elections to fill those seats of the Legislative Assembly which have been allotted to the companystituencies into which the part of the new State companyprising the existing State of Bilaspur shall be divided The period of five years referred to in section 5 of the Government of Part C States Act, 1951 XLIX of 1951 shall, in the case of the Legislative Assembly of the new State, be deemed to have companymenced on the date on which the said period in the case of the Legislative Assembly of the existing State of Himachal Pradesh actually companymenced.
In the meantime, on July 7, 1954, to be precise, the following numberification was issued in the official Gazette Legislative Assembly NOTIFICATION Simla 4, the 7th July, 1954.
120/56.
Kumar, for the petitioner in Petitions Nos.
On November 23, 1954, the President of India gave his assent to the Bill which on being so assented to became the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953, Himachal 15 of 1954 hereinafter called the Abolition Act .
October 10.
R. Prem and Ganpat Rai, for the petitioners in Petitions Nos.
