-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6600 OF 2010. Narayan Vilas Gadgil. ..Petitioner. Versus Shahaji Bapu Patil & Others. ..Respondents. Mr. Kishor S. Patil for the petitioner. Mr. A. I. Patel, AGP for the Respondent-State. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : August 18, 2010. P. C. : 1. Not on board. Mentioned for production. In view of urgency, production was granted. 2. Heard Mr. K. S. Patil, learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner is member of Respondent no.2 Grampanchayat. The complaint came to be filed by respondent no.1 before the Additional Collector, Kolhapur alleging that the petitioner has begotten 3rd child after 12th September 2001 and therefore he is disqualified under the provisions of section 14(1)(j-1) of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958 [for short “the said Act.”]. 3. The petitioner filed an application objecting the jurisdiction of Collector on the ground that already the petitioner has filed a suit srp -: 2 :- against his wife in Civil Court disputing the paternity of 3rd child. He contends that unless that suit is decided the proceedings for disqualification under section 14(1)(j-1) of the said Act cannot be proceeded with. The said application is rejected and therefore the present writ petition. 4. In my opinion, the objection cannot be raised to the jurisdiction of Collector on the ground of pendency of suit in Civil Court. Moreso when no interim orders are passed in that suit. The petitioner is nevertheless entitled to raise the point of pendency of suit before the Collector at the time of hearing of proceeding under section 14(1)(j-1) of the said Act. The Collector shall consider the same and decide the proceedings on its own merits. In the light of this, writ petition is dismissed. (R.V. MORE, J.)