WP 5050/10 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5050/2010 _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri M.V. Thorat, Advocate h/f Shri G.A. Gadhe, Advocate for petitioner. Shri D.R. Kale, AGP for respondent no.1. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Date: 19.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for respective parties. By this writ petition, petitioner has impugned the order dated 9.2.2010 passed by Additional Collector, Nanded, whereby the application filed by the petitioner u/s 7 and 36 of the Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958, has been rejected. Disqualification of the Sarpanch was sought by the petitioner on the ground that he did not hold sufficient number of meetings as contemplated by Sections 7 WP 5050/10 2 and 36 of the Act. I have perused the order and more particularly paras 4 & 5 thereof. It appears that in 2008-09, the Sarpanch called five meetings instead of six as required u/s 7 of the Act. The Sarpanch has explained that he could not hold one meeting in view of the code of conduct applied in view of the elections of the Parliament. That explanation has been accepted as “sufficient cause” for not holding one meeting in that financial year. I do not find any reason to interfere with the order passed by Additional Collector in writ jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. Hence, the petition is dismissed. (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 19.01.2011 ndk/c1911116