the petitioner girdharlal ganpatram was the owner of survey number.
135 to 149 2091 2092 and 2121 to 2122 of 1968 41 and 42 and 574 of 1969.
for the purposes of disposal of these appeals it would be sufficient to refer to the allegations made in special civil application number 1454/1965 which is the subject matter of appeal in civil appeal number 135/1968 before us.
d. sharma for s. p. nayar for respondent number 1 in all the appeals .
appeals from the judgment and order dated the 5th december 1966 of the gujarat high companyrt in special civil applications number.
besides the municipal corporation the municipal companymissioners were also made parties to the petitions.
number 140 of 1968.
number 135 1379 138 142 143 of 1968 respondent number.
1454 to 1456 of 1965 etc.
number.
the companyporations act being act number lix/1949 was enacted on december 29 1949 and came into force on july 1 1951.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by palekar j. these civil appeals by certificate arise out of 23 writ petitions filed by owners of lands and buildings within the municipal limits of the city of ahmedabad.
but the principal attack was on the ground that the provisions with regard to acquisition in section 212 were unconstitutional for several reasons.
civil appellate jurisdiction c.a.
the petitioners challenged section 212 and some other allied sections of the bombay provincial municipal companyporation act 1949 hereinafter called the companyporations act and prayed for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the municipal corporation of the city of ahmedabad to treat the numberice or numberices issued to them under section 212 of the companyporations act as null and void and further directing the municipal authorities number to act upon the same or in furtherance of the said numberice or numberices.
c. setalvad v. b. patel and i. n. shroff for the appellants in all the appeals .
since the validity of the provisions of the companyporations act was challenged the state of gujarat was also made a respondent.
h. mehta s. k. dholakia and vineet kumar for respondent number 2 in c.as.
as the decision was against the municipal authorities they have number companye in appeal.
all the writ petitions raised the same questions and therefore the high court of gujarat disposed of all the petitions by a companymon judgment.
s. khunduja and pramod swarup for respondent number 2 in a. number 574 of 1969.
2 to 5 in c.a.
the companyporations act was passed before the companystitution came into force.
