1 wp-8208.10 Ash FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8208 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders. Shri S.S. Deshmukh for the Petitioner. Shri R.M. Patne, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Shri Irfan Shaikh i/by Shri Sachin Shety for Respondent No.4. -- CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 22ND OCTOBER, 2010 P.C.: . Heard learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner. The challenge in this Writ Petition is to the rejection of the nomination papers of the Petitioner. The election of the Village Panchayat is scheduled to be held on 24th October, 2010. The contention of the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner is that the nomination papers have been illegally rejected. Apart from the question whether this Court can interfere at this stage, the other candidates who are contesting the election are not made parties. 2 wp-8208.10 2. The election is scheduled day after tomorrow. In the absence of other elected candidates, no further orders can be passed. The Petitioner has a remedy available under Section 15 of the Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958. Hence, the Petition is not entertained and the same is disposed of by keeping the remedy open. All contentions of the Petitioner on merits are kept open. (A.S.OKA, J)