1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6626 OF 2008 DIST.: THANE Dnyaneshwar Gulab Patil ...Petitioner Versus Election Commission for the State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr. Anil Kumar for the Petitioner. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and J.H. BHATIA, JJ. DATE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 P.C.:- The petitioner lost to respondent No.3 the election for the Thane Municipal Corporation held in February, 2007. Now, he wants this Court to give direction to the Election Commissioner to inquire as to whether respondent No.3, who was his rival in the election, had filed a false affidavit along with his nomination papers. It is contended that respondent No. 3 gave false information that there was no case pending 2 against him regarding the recovery of loans from banks. 2. The petitioner submits that information was not available to him immediately after the election. Therefore, he could not file election petition. The information about the affidavit filed by respondent No. 3 was itself sought by the petitioner after one year of the election. Therefore, it is not correct to say that he could not get the information earlier. In any case, election mattes are to be settled under the methodology provided by a different statute, and, in the present case, there is a provision in the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, by which the election of respondent No. 3 could have been challenged. 3. We do not find any merit in this petition. It is accordingly dismissed. BILAL NAZKI, J. J.H. BHATIA, J.