1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO.132 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1986 OF 2010 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.4574 OF 2010 Shivaji s/o Ramrao Bhosle & anr. ... APPELLANTS VERSUS The Additional Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad & ors ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri S.J. Salunke, Advocate for the appellants Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 & 2. Shri A.T. Deshpande, Advocate for respondent No.3. Shri V.D. Gunale, Advocate for respondent No.4. ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 17th June, 2010 PER COURT : 1. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed by the appellant, who was original respondent No.4 in Writ Petition No. 1986/2010 filed by the respondent herein. 2. The respondent herein had filed the aforesaid Writ 2 Petition before the learned Single Judge of this Court, challenging the order passed by the appellate authority, holding that the respondent/ petitioner before the learned Single Judge had incurred disqualification under Section 14(1)(g) of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act, 1958. The learned Single Judge, upon hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, issued Rule in the matter and has given reasons as to why the learned Single Judge felt that grant of stay i.e. stay to the judgment of the appellate authority was necessary. Even otherwise, if stay had not been granted, the entire writ petition would have been rendered infructuous as the learned Single Judge had issued Rule in the matter. 3. We have heard Shri S.J. Salunke, learned counsel for the appellants on merits of the matter, who has urged before us that there was absolutely no material warranting grant of stay and even entertaining the writ petition. The aforesaid submissions pertain to the merits of the matter and since the learned Single Judge has issued Rule in the matter, it would be wholly inappropriate on our part to deal with the contentions which are made on merits of the matter. 3 4. In that light of the matter, this Letters Patent Appeal stands dismissed with no order as to costs. 5. As the Letters Patent Appeal is dismissed, Civil Application No.4574/2010 also stands dismissed. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.) fmp/lpa132.10