1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9461 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 180 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra and others .. Applicants Versus Narayanrao Sambhajirao Jironekar and another .. Respondents Mrs. A. V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for Applicants. Shri Mahesh S. Deshmukh, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9462 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 1091 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra and others .. Applicants Versus Ramesh Lalu Sonkamble and another .. Respondents Mrs. A. V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for Applicants. Shri R. R. Karpe, Advocate for the Respondent No. 1. 2 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9460 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 754 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra and others .. Applicants Versus Gangadhar Somajirao Suryawanshi and another .. Respondents Mrs. A. V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for Applicants. Shri V. D. Salunke, Advocate for Respondents. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 13TH JULY, 2010. PER COURT : . By these applications which have been filed by applicants/original respondents to the writ petitions, seeking extension of the period specified by this Court in its order dated 11.03.2010 for holding the elections of the Managing Committee of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee. The Division Bench of this Court in the aforesaid order had directed the respondents to hold the elections of the Managing Committee of 3 the Agricultural Produce Market Committee by end of August 2010. According to the learned Assistant Government Pleader the earlier part of the order relating to finalization of the voters list has been complied and the applicants seek extension of the period specified by this Court for holding the elections. Twin grounds are urged before us that on account of on set of the monsoon and the heavy rain which are forecast as far as Nanded is concerned it would be extremely difficult for the voters to attend and cast their votes in the elections. It is also urged before us that the voters themselves have requested for postponing the elections. The second ground which is urged is that the elections of the Gram Panchayat are scheduled to be held in October and November 2010 and the voters in the gram panchayat elections are also the voters in the elections of Agricultural Produce Market Committee and thus, the two elections i. e. gram panchayat elections and the Agricultural Produce Market Committee election would be conflicting. 2. We have heard learned counsel for parties and according to us this can hardly be considered to be reason sufficient for granting the extension as prayed for by the applicants. The applicants have been given sufficient time by this Court for 4 holding the election by end of August 2010. As far as rain and the forthcoming elections of gram panchayat are concerned, none of these events is likely to affect the elections scheduled to be held in August 2010. In that light of the matter, the three applications with no relief stand dismissed by this common order. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/July 10