Shri Nambiyar urged that: (1)The Travancore Act XIV of 1124 was not a law in force prior to the integration and was not an "existing law" continued in force by Ordinance I of 1124; (2)The notification dated the 26th July 1949 which purported to bring the Travancore Act XIV of 1124 into force as from the 22nd July 1949 was in effective and invalid; (3) Even if the Travancore Act XIV of 11 24 was 1218 in force, it could not apply to or override the assessment orders concluded by the Chief Revenue Authority, Travancore; (4) The Rajpramukh 's agreement read with article 245 of the Constitution precluded any investigation except in accordance with the Travancore Act XIV of 1124 and Act XXXIII of 1950 amended by Act XLIV of 1951 was invalid to the extent that it authorised investigation otherwise than in accordance with the Travancore Law; (5) Assuming all the foregoing points were held against the petitioner, section 5(1) of the Travancore Act XIV of 1124 was in any event unconstitutional and void as being inconsistent with article 14 of the Constitution.