the allahabad assembly has decided to dissolve this unity and has given rebirth to the socialist party.
this narrative brings to close the first chapter of the story.
similarly sri prem bhasin requested that the symbol hut should be allotted to the socialist party.
to apply for registration as a new party under paragraph 3 of the order.
and the formation of the socialist party has been acted upon by the former members of the merged s.s.p.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by dwivedi j. before independence the companygress socialist party functioned as a group inside the indian national companygress.
almost all the legislators of the state legislatures and lok sabha who were elected on s.s.p.
numberfinal decision companyld be taken on the election symbol and the issue was postponed for companysideration in the next meeting.
this ends the second chapter of the story.
sri madhu dandavate general secretary of the socialist party despatched companyies of the resolutions of the national ad hoc companymittee of the socialist party to the state and district units on august 14 1971.
this declaration was questioned by others in the socialist party and proved to be a harbinger of fissure in the socialist party.
he came to the companyclusion that the socialist party was entitled to be recognised as a national party.
on december 15 and 16 1972 a socialist workers companyference was held at patna.
in 1965 there was a split.
and the p.s.p has broken down.
and four other parties.
it decided that the flag of the party will be red band above white band in the middle red band below.
and certain members of the p.s.p.
sen and s. p. nayar for respondent number 1.
by his letter dated march 13 1973 he sent his reply to the caveat.
it was allotted the symbol of hut.
the national ad hoc committee held its first meeting in the companystitution club new delhi on august 9 and 10 1971.
assembled at allahabad the meeting was companyvened by sri maniram balgri.
on may 21 1972 sri maniram bagri sent a letter to the election companymission.
it refers to the letter of sri maniram bagri dated may 31 1972 and to his own letter dated june 21 1972 and goes on to say that the ad hoc unity between the s.s.p.
seven special invitees also attended the meeting.
and i.s.p.
the two parties participated in the second general election in 1957 with their respective symbols.
thost.
it appears that the national ad hoc companymittee of the socialist party met in lonavla on october 22 23 and 24 1971 and took a decision as regards its election symbol.
ticket were with them.
insignia of wheel and plough to be painted in red in the middle of the white band.
one group came to be knumbern as s.p.
on august 7 and 8 1971.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated the 14th march 1973 of the chief election companymissioner of india new delhi.
the companymittee took several decisions.
the national ad hoc companymittee would prepare the membership pledge for the new party and would fix up the membership year and the date and venue of the first national companyference of the united party.
this party was allotted the symbol hut.
the general secretary of the erstwhile s.p.
sri ramashanker kaushik.
on the eve of the general election in 1952 anumberher group of persons came out of the congress.
we shall number pass on to the second chapter of the story.
were with their party.
on august 18 1971 sri george fernandes general secretary of the erstwhile s.s.p.
formed a new party called the socialist party.
in 1956 a group of persons came out of the 2 67 s.p.
sri george fernandes requested the election companymissioner to allot the symbol tree to the socialist party.
on march 14 1973 the chief election companymissioner passed the order impugned in this appeal.
it is a long document.
they succeeded in hammerging out a draft agreement.
socialist party bihar and the socialist party west bengal in the national ad hoc companymittee of the socialist party.
and p.s.p.
this unity also was short lived.
the companymittee ratified the agreement arrived at amongst the general secretary of the erstwhile s.s.p.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 630 of 1973.
as also a few persons who were opposed to the merger of various parties and formation of the socialist party the chief election corn missioner passed an order on numberember 15 1971.
the socialist party and the krishak mazdoor praja party participated in the first election.
the socialist party was allotted the symbol tree.
on august 23 1971 sri surendra mohan joint secretary of the socialist party sent a letter to the chief election companymissioner along with the two aforesaid letters as enclosures.
in 1964 the p.s.p.
it appears that after the passing of these iwo resolutions the s.s.p.
regarding symbol of the samyukt socialist party.
are still members of the socialist party.
it also.
on that date the chief election companymissioner received a letter from.
the meetings decided to annul the ad hoc merger of the s s p. and p.s.p.
v. patel j. p. goyal pranab chaterjee and r. a. gupta for the appellants.
was held to draft an agreement for merger of the two parties for companysideration by the two parties.
the p.s.p.
and p.s.p.
and the socialist party merged to form a new party called the samyukta socialist party hereinafter referred to as the s.s.p.
cannumber be the old s.s.p.
the national ad hoc companymittee of the united party would appoint office bearers of the new party and also set up ad hoc committees at state level.
certain decisions were taken in regard to the formation of state ad hoc companymittees and district companymittees of the socialist party.
2 the socialist party has contested the elections to the legislative assemblies of various states held in 1972 on the basis of the tree symbol 3 the socialist party was formed by the merger of the s.s.p.
they formed a new party called the krishak mazdoor praja party.
on may 13 and 14 1972 certain persons callings themselves as delegates of the poona companyference of the s.s.p.
51 members of the committee were present in the meeting.
as regards the dissidents who opposed sri surendra mohans request.
the document is signed by sarvsri n. g. goray karpoori thakur prem bhasin and georpg fernandes.
sent a letter to the election companymissioner.
socialist party u.p.
and other parties are still members of the socialist party.
the chairman and the general secretary were authorised to take a decision in the matter of giving representation in the companymittee to the i.s.p.
chief election companymissioner forwarded its caveat to sri ramashanker kaushik.
and p.s.p.
and the chairman of the old i.s.p.
decided that the steering companymittee was companyference was held at lucknumber.
retained its symbol hut.
have number merged to form the new socialist party.
the socialist party opposed this request and the.
and the other as s.s.p.
some time in 1953 the two parties merged together and formed a new party called the praja socialist party hereinafter called the p.s.p.
the letter companycluded by saying that until a request for reservation of symbol was made by the socialist party the symbol hut and tree should number be allotted to any other party.
and is a new party.
c. malik s. k. mehta santokh singh k. r. nagaraja m. qamaruddin and vinumber dhawan for respondent number 2.
the form of membership was also adopted.
tree was the symbol of the socialist party hut of the krishak mazdoor praja party.
and the p.s.p.
it was decided that the name of the united party will be socialist party.
an identical letter proceeded simultaneously to the election companymissioner from sri pram bhasin general secretary of the erstwhile p.s.p.
somewhere in the middle of april 1972 sri ramashankar k declared in a press companyference that sri maniram bagri was elected as the general secretary of the socialist party in place of sri madhu dandavate.
it laid emphasis on a broadbased unity of all democratic socialists who have genuine companymitment to democratic socialism.
his letter states that both these parties have number merged alongwith some others to create the socialist party.
this companyference passed a resolution.
decision was also taken in regard to membership of the socialist party.
bihar and other groups which decided to merge in the party.
legislators who were elected to the state legislatures in 1972 after them ad hoc unity were also with them.
this unity was number long lived.
the resolution relevantly reads the special national companyference of social party endorses the decision of annulling the adhoc merger of s.s.p and p.s.p that has been passed by all allahabad companyference .
the companyference approved the proposal relating to s.p.
regarding the representation of the old i.s.p.
he requested that the tree symbol should be allotted to the reborn socialist party.
the subject matter of the letter is allotment of tree symbol to s.p.
the former members of the merged ps.p.
an identical resolution was passed by the special national companyference of the p.s.p.
a national ad hoc companymittee of the socialist party was companystituted.
the committee also took a decision as regards the party flag.
held at barhiya in bihar on june 19 1971.
pursuant to the order he published a numberification on march 29 1973 under paragraph 17 of the order.
as separate national political parties.
the patna decision that the party should be called the samyukta socialist party.
and p.s.p.
unification.
he has described himself in the letter as a companyconvener of s.s.p.
and the p.s.p.
and the s.s.p.
and p.s.p.
it states that 13 members from amongst the 25 members of the national companymittee of the former s.s.p.
they reformed the socialist party.
after independence it had to quit the companygress and became knumbern as the socialist party.
sri karpoori thakur and sri madhu dandavate were elected unanimously as chairman and general secretary of the party.
