-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6045 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions & Registrar’s orders. Court’s or Judge’s orders. Mr. Laxman Deshmukh for the petitioner. Mr. Sachin B. Shetye for respondent no.2. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : August 3, 2010. P. C. : 1. Heard Mr.Deshmukh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Sachin Shetye, learned counsel for the State Election Commission. The Petition pertains to election of village panchayat Sasvane, Taluka: Alibag. The petitioner is challenging the acceptance of nomination of respondent no.3 from the scheduled tribe category. 3rd Respondent’s nomination was accepted as valid by respondent no.1-Rerunning Officer on 26/7/2010. Voting is scheduled on 8/8/2010. It is now more than settled that srp -: 2 :- rejection or acceptance of nomination is also a stage in the election process. The petitioner has an alternate remedy of election petition. In that view of the matter, I am not inclined to entertain the petition under the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. Writ petition is therefore dismissed. (R.V. MORE, J.)