On 6th December 1954 the appellant Raja Bhairabendra Narain Bhup of Bijni filed T. section No. 27 of 1954 in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Lower Assam District at Dhubri praying, inter alia, for a declaration that the Assam State Acquisition of Zamindaris Act, 1951 (Assam Act XVIII of 1951) as amended by Assam Act VI of 1954 was not validly passed, was not law at all and was unconstitutional, ultra vires and void and for a declaration that the impugned Act was, at any rate, inapplicable to the plaintiff 's properties and the Notification purporting to be issued under section 3(1) of the impugned Act in respect of the plaintiff 's properties was illegal, ultra vires and void.