1 Wp1477-97 dmt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1477 OF 1997 Sangita D. Gavad & Anr. ... Petitioners. V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. Ms. Vindu P. Panbey i/by V.A. Gangle for petitioners. Mr. A.I. Patel, AGP for respondent nos. 1 to 3. CORAM : P.B.MAJMUDAR & A.A.SAYED, JJ. DATE : 16th MARCH, 2011 P.C. By way of this petition, the petitioner has made a prayer being prayer 18(b) which reads as under :- “Issue a writ of prohibition and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction and prohibit Respondent No. 3 from accepting the nominations and/or allowing the candidates to contest the elections to the post of Chairperson, Palghar Panchayat Samiti, District Thane, scheduled to be held on 14th of March, 1997 except from the candidates elected from the category reserved for “Women Other Backward Citizens” viz. (the Petitioners No. 1 and 2 herein.) 2 Wp1477-97 It is required to be noted that the election was to be held on 14.3.1997. Looking to the fact that by this time 11 years have passed and so many elections might have been held, the prayer made in this petition cannot be granted. The petition is dismissed as infructuous. Rule stands discharged. (A.A.SAYED, J.) (P.B.MAJMUDAR, J.)