(1) WP 8955.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8955 OF 2011 Vasantabai Bansilal Kamble PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. Ravi R. Bangar, Advocate h/f. Mr. V.T. Sakolkar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. V.D. Godbharle, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 23RD NOVEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Section 9-A of the Maharashtra Municipalities, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 has suffered an amendment on 2nd May, 2008 by way of Amendment Act No.13/2008. Vide the said amendment, the earlier provision which permitted the validity certificate to be produced subsequently within a period of 4 months from the election, has been deleted. The statutory provision which exists on the statute book today, mandates the (2) WP 8955.2011 validity certificate to be submitted alongwith the nomination form. 3. We cannot issue any direction to the authorities to act in contravention of the statutory provision, unless the said provision is held to be either unconstitutional or bad in law. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is rejected. Sd/- Sd/- [M. T. JOSHI, J.] [B. R. GAVAI, J.] arp/