ISSUE:
Whether the decision of the Bombay Government to requisition land under the Bombay Land Requisition Ordinance of 1947 is a judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative act?
Whether the High Court has jurisdiction to issue a writ of certiorari against the Provincial Government?
RULE:
Purpose for an inquiry as a preliminary step to take a decision must be seen and a mere fact that an executive authority has to decide something does not make the decision judicial.
A writ of certiorari does not lie to remove an order which is of an administrative or ministerial nature.