tilak IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7271 of 2007 Shivaji Hari Nikam .. Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents ... Mr.Vaibhav Parshurami i/b A.S. Gaikwad for the petitioner. Mr.C.R. Sonawane, AGP fo respondent nos.1, 3 to 5. CORAM : S.B. MHASE AND D.G.KARNIK, JJ DATED : 29th September 2007 P.C.: . In view of Article 243-O of the Constitution of India, we decline to entertain the petition. Petitioner has an alternative remedy by way of filing of an election petition after the elections are over. Petition is rejected summarily. 2. All the questions raised in this petition are kept open for decision and we have not expressed any opinion on them. (D.G. KARNIK, J) (S.B. MHASE, J)