-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5728 OF 2010 Ashok Malhari Karande. ..Petitioner. Versus Sau. Meera Vilas Shingade & Others. ..Respondents. Mr. U. B. Nighot for the petitioner. Mr. Sachin R. Pawar for respondent no.1. Mr. S. D. Rayrikar, AGP for the State. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : July 27, 2010. P. C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. The petition pertains to the election of Gram panchayat – Kathapur (Budruk) taluka- Ambegaon, District-Pune. The petitioner is challenging the order of respondent no.4 accepting the nomination of respondent no. 1. The election programme was published in June 2010. Nominations were to be accepted between 9/7/2010 and 16/7/2010. The scrutiny was to take place on 17/7/2010. The date of withdrawal of nomination was 19.7.2010. The voting is scheduled to take place on 30.7.2010. Thus, the election programme is at an advanced stage. The petitioner has an alternate remedy of the election petition under section 15 of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act. In these circumstances, I am not inclined to entertain the petition. Writ petition is therefore rejected. (R.V. MORE, J.) srp