DALPAT RAJ BHANDARI Vs. PRESIDENT OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appellant, Sri Dalpat Raj Bhandari, is an Advocate of this Court; he filed a petition under Art.226 of the Constitution of India, which was dismissed by learned single Judge on 7/08/1991 and dissatisfied with the same, the present appeal under S.18 of the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1948 has been preferred.

(2.) In the writ petition, the appellant challenged the validity of the appointment as Prime Minister of Sri P.V. Narashimha Rao. Before we deal with the merits of the case, we would like to give a brief history as to how his appointment as Prime Minister was made.

(3.) After declaration of the results of Lok Sabha elections, he was unanimously elected leader of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party on 20/06/1991. He called on the President who invited him to form a Government and gave him four weeks from 21/06/1991 to prove his majority on the floor of the Lok Sabha. A communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said :-