FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO.: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.7000 OF 2007 ------------------------------------:---------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : Court’s or Judge’s orders. coram, appearances, Court’s orders : or directions and Registrar’s : orders. : ------------------------------------:----------------------------------- Ms Anita Bhaktwani, for the petitioner. Mr Anilkumar Patil for respondent no.1. CORAM: D.B.Bhosale,J. DATED: 27.02.2008 P.C.: Heard learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition impugns an order dated 22.8.2007 passed by the Additional Commissioner, Konkan Division, by which he has rejected the appeal filed by the petitioner whereby the petitioner had challenged the order passed by the Collector dated 20.4.007 in the proceedings arising from the application made by respondent no.1 under section 14(1)(g) read with section 16(2) of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act,1958. Both the authorities below have held that the petitioner has acquired disqualification for being a member of the Panchayat on the ground contemplated under clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 14 of the Act. After having considered the material on record, both the authorities below have clearly recorded the findings, which are based on the material on record, that the petitioner did receive the amount for the work done by the Grampanchayat and he had signed the challan as a recipient of the said amount. If as contended by the petitioner, that he had received the said amount on behalf of the Panchayat, is correct, he failed to explain as to why the said amount was paid to him, which was already lying in the account of the Panchayat. The authorities below also found that there was tampering of the record and that the running bills were issued in the name of the petitioner. This Court is informed that after the petitioner was disqualified for being a Member of the Panchayat, fresh elections of the Panchayat were held. Keeping this in view and considering that there are concurrent findings of the authorities below and as I find sufficient material on record to sustain those findings and considering extremely limited jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India to disturb the findings of fact, this writ petition deserves to be dismissed. Order accordingly. (D.B.Bhosale, J.)