Learned counsel for Brijindar Singh was unable and in our opinion rightly to challenge the constitutionality of the Act as a whole in view of article 31 A of the Constitution and the decisions of this court in The State of Bihar vs Maharajadhiraja Sir Kameshwar Singh (1), Visweshwar Rao vs The State of Madhya Pradesh (2) Raja Suriya Pal Singh vs The state of U.P. (3), K. C. Gajapati Narayan Deo vs The State of Orissa (4), Thakur Amar Singhji vs The State of Rajasthan (5), Raja Bhairebendra Narayan Bhup vs "he State of Assam (6), Sri Ram Ram Narain vs The state of Bombay (7), Raghubir Singh vs The State of Ajmer (now Rajasthan) (8) and Atma Ram vs The State of Punjab (9), relating to similar legislation in the (1) (2) (3) (4) [1954] S.C.R. i. (5) ; (6) [1956] S.C.R. 303.