hence the present appeal.
the claim thus is in respect of moneys due to the jhalawar state bank.
appeal from the judgment and order dated january 18 1956 of the rajasthan high companyrt jaipur bench in d.b.c.
number the jhalawar state bank was started in 1932.
2 and 3 being respectively the treasury officer jhalawar and the recovery officer jhalawar state bank under s. 3 of the act stating that the amount earlier mentioned was due from the appellants to the government of rajasthan in respect of the claims of the jhalawar state bank against them.
the appellants filed a petition under s. 8 of the act companytending among other things that the amount sought to be recovered from them was number a public demand.
sometime in or about april 1948 the state of jhalawar along with nine other ruling states of rajputana integrated and formed the united state of rajasthan under a companyenant executed by the rulers of these states.
subsequently on march 30 1949 the states of bikaner jaipur jaisalmer and jodhpur joined the united state of rajasthan.
writ petition number 262 of 1954.
the assets of the previous ruling state of jhalawar which had earlier vested in the united state of rajasthan thereupon passed to and devolved upon the state of rajasthan in the indian union.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 88 of 1957.
s. bindra and d. gupta for the respondents.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by sarkar j. the appellants are traders of jhalawar.
the proceedings under the act against the appellants were started by the filing of a requisition with respondent number 1 by respondents number.
k. kapur and ganpat rai for the appellants.
one of the articles of this companyenant provided all the assets and liabilities of the companyenanting states shall be the assets and liabilities of the united state.
224607/6/6 said to be due on account of loans taken by them from the jhalawar state bank.
this was done presumably shortly prior to june 16 1953 on which date respondent number 1 signed a certificate specifying the amount of the demand and certain other particulars and filed it in his own office under s. 4 of the act.
the appellants without proceeding further before respondent number 1 filed a petition in the high companyrt of rajasthan for the issue of a writ quashing the proceedings under the public demands recovery act.
on the promulgation of the companystitution of india the united state of rajasthan became a part b state in the indian union.
respondent number 1 the companylector of jhalawar served on the appellants a numberice under s. 6 of the rajasthan public demands recovery act 1952 hereafter called the act for the recovery from them as a public demand of rs.
at that time jhalawar was a ruling state.
respondent number 1 appears to have called upon the appellants to prove that it was number a public demand.
december 7.
