1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9669 OF 2009 Lalita Shamkant Gajmal .. Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.Pramod Kathane for the petitioner. CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE, J. DATED : 19TH NOVEMBER, 2009 P.C. . Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. This writ petition challenges the orders passed by respondent no.2 and respondent no.3 dated 15.9.2009 and 12.8.2009 respectively by which dispute application No.9 of 2009 and appeal No.328 of 2009 have been dismissed. The petitioner vide his dispute application No.9 of 2009 had challenged the no confidence motion dated 30.6.2009 passed against him by the Gram Panchayat. The petitioner was Upa- sarpanch of village Nagave, Taluka Chiplun, District Ratnagiri. No confidence motion was passed by majority. 3. Mr.Kathane, learned counsel for the petitioner challenged the impugned orders on two grounds. Firstly, he submitted that the notice of meeting issued by the Tahsildar dated 24.6.2009 did not have a seal of the office, and secondly, he submitted that 2 the petitioner was not given an opportunity to speak in the meeting. I have perused the impugned orders so also the notice date 24.6.2009 and the minutes of meeting. Apart from the fact that the petitioner did not raise the first contention before the authorities below, I do not find requirement in law about the seal of the Tahsildar on the notice for convening meeting for considering no confidence motion. Moreover, the petitioner has not placed original notice on record to verify whether such seal was there. Insofar as the second contention is concerned, from the minutes of the meeting it is clear that all the members including the petitioner were given opportunity to speak in the meeting. In the circumstances I do not find any merit in the writ petition. The writ petition fails and dismissed as such. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)