Explanation: The Supreme Court in the D.C. Wadhwa case (1987) pointed out that between 1967–1981 the Governor of Bihar promulgated 256 ordinances, and all these were kept in force for periods ranging from one to fourteen years by promulgation from time to time.

• The court ruled that successive repromulgation of ordinances with the same text without any attempt to get the bills passed by the assembly would amount to violation of the Constitution and the ordinance so repromulgated is liable to be struck down.
• It held that the exceptional power of law-making through ordinance cannot be used as a substitute for the legislative power of the state legislature.

Source: Laxmikanth’s Polity