Kuala Lampur, Oct. 8 -- Ten Negeri Sembilan assemblymen who previously served as state executive councillors (excos) have struck back.

They have gone to court to challenge the revocation of their appointments as excos last month, naming the state secretary and the state government as defendants in their originating summons (OS).

An OS is a mode of commencing proceedings in the civil courts.

Essentially an application, the OS seeks no fewer than 12 court orders, including declarations that:

The 10 plaintiffs also seek the court's determination of constitutional questions concerning the power to revoke the appointments of exco members.

Under Article 38(5) of the State Constitution, an exco member other than the MB holds office "at the ...