1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.: 1617 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. WRIT PETITION NO.: 1617 OF 2011 *** 1. Heard Advocate Mr. Ashtikar for Petitioner, Advocate Shri Kendre for caveator. Shri Kendre states that the caveator has not been joined before this Court though he was party before the Collector. 2. Challenge in this petition is to order holding petitioner to be disqualified under section 36 of Bombay Village Panchayats Act. Shri Kendre invites attention to the impugned order to show that in financial year 2008-09 except for meeting dated 30th June, 2008 which came to be adjourned and meeting dated 25th September, 2008 which was stayed, all other meetings have been held. According to him, impugned order does not assign any reason for not accepting those meetings. 3. I have perused the impugned order with his assistance. The Additional Collector has 2 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.: 1617 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. found that as per affidavit of Extension Officer Shri Rathod dated 14th January, 2011 he had personally verified all records of Gram Panchayat and taken the same in his custody. The register of monthly meetings was also inspected by him and he had drawn a line across blank pages and also taken its photostat copy. It was not having any writing (proceedings recorded) at that time. He has specifically urged that when he has seen that register on 14th January, 2011 the proceedings/ entries appear to have been taken lateron. He has also stated that those entries have been taken afterwards. 4. The Additional Collector has then perused the register of Gram Sabha filed before him and noted that there were no blank pages or any line drawn across any page or any remark of Extension Officer. He has gone by the affidavit of Extension Officer and found that meetings for financial year 3 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.: 1617 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. 2008-09 have not been conducted as per rule. 5. It is apparent that register perused by Additional Collector is not believed by him in the light of affidavit of Extension Officer. I do not see any perversity in his approach. There is no jurisdictional error. Petition rejected. [B.P.DHARMADHIKARI, J.] Dated:08/03/2011. ans/1617