1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Writ Petition No. 5520 of 2007 [M.N. Nanote Vs. State of Mah. & ors.] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mr. O.Y. Kashid, Adv., for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Doifode, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. ----- CORAM : A.H. JOSHI, J. DATE : 03rd December,2007. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner, who was absent at the meeting, claims that voting ought to have been taken by secret ballot and not by raise of hands. His second point is that there was a common discussion as to the proposal for voting on No Confidence Motion against Sarpanch as well as Up- Sarpanch. So was a common voting by raise of hands. 3. Nothing has been brought on record to show that majority of the members demanded secret ballot. In absence of proof of these facts, the right of the members to claim secret ballot is 2 without any foundation. 4. In so far as the grievance regarding nature of discussion is concerned, it is not open to the petitioner to challenge these matters in absence of his having himself participated in the meeting and testified the facts on oath. All that the petitioner claims to be a matter of his knowledge cannot be so, as, admittedly, he was not present in the meeting. 5. For the facts discussed above, the petitioner has failed to raise any question as to errors of law or jurisdiction in the impugned order. 6. No interference is called for. Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. Judge |Hedau|