1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.6314 OF 2010 Akshaykumar s/o Uttamlal Jaiswal & ors. ..PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Mah. & ors. ..RESPONDENTS Mr S.V. Chandole, Advocate holding for Mr V.G. Sakolkar for the petitioners; Mr S.K. Tambe, A.G.P. for respondents no.1 to 4; Mr S.T. Shelke, Advocate for respondent no.5; Mr S.S. Chillarge, Advocate for respondent no.6. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND N.D. DESHPANDE,JJ. DATE : 3rd August, 2010 PER COURT : This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by which the petitioners challenge the notification issued by the respondents, dated 31.5.2010 in respect of the formation of the wards and the consequential reservation of seats as shown in the said notification. 2. The principal challenge in the petition is that the reservation was finalised prior to the formation of the wards. It appears that the petitioners had addressed some objection prior to the issuance of the draft notification which has rightly not been taken into consideration by the respondents while deciding the objections. After the publication of the draft notification, objections were invited and were considered and the notification as adverted to above came to be published. The petitioners contend that the said notification and the formation of the 2 wards has not been done in accordance with the Rules in that behalf. 3. We have perused the affidavit in reply submitted on behalf of the respondents and the respondents have pointed out that the formation of the wards has been done as per the population figures of Census of 2001. The petitioners contend that the formation of the wards ought to have been done on the basis of the voters. Obviously, there is no sanction of law for formation of wards on the basis of the voters, but the formation of the wards is required to be done on the basis of population. 4. We have perused the affidavit in reply as well as the documents annexed to the petition and we do not find that there is any error on the part of the authorities in the formation of wards or in the reservation which is provided in each ward. Petition is sans merit and is, therefore, dismissed with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) ( P.V.HARDAS, J.) amj/wp6314.10