1 Bsb IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3217 OF 2009 Shri Chidanand Irappa Teli ... Petitioner v/s Shri Vitthal Shrimant Nivargi & anr. ... Respondents Mr.Ajit M. Savasare for the petitioner. Mr.Amit Borkar i/by Mr.Amit Shete for the Resp.No.1. Mr.S.N.Patil, A.G.P. For the State. CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: 18TH JUNE, 2009 P. C.: 1. The petitioner has approached this Court contending that the Additional Commissioner, Pune Division, Pune, has incorrectly dismissed his appeal and confirmed the order passed by the Additional Collector, Sangli, disqualifying him as a member of the Gram Panchayat of Sonyal, Tal. Jat, Dist. Sangli. 2. The 1st respondent, who is the complainant in the 2 matter, brought to the notice of the authority that the petitioner was disqualified to continue to be a member of the Gram Panchayat in view of the fact that he had three children, the last one was born on 1.1.2005. The third child was born after 12.9.2001. The law stipulates that such a person would be disqualified. In these circumstances, the Additional Collector held that the petitioner was disqualified. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner contends that he was married to a woman called Shaila and not Gangavva. However, there is no record produced by him to indicate such marriage to Shaila. He then contends that the petitioner was not the father of Aishwarya or of Vilas. According to him, his children were Vaishali and Vikas and, therefore, the Courts below were incorrect in disqualifying him. 4. The birth certificates of both the children were not produced on record by the petitioner to prove that he was the father only of two children. These certificates would have revealed the name of the mother of the children whether it was Shaila or Gangavva. All that was produced was some school record. 3 5. In my opinion, the Additional Commissioner has rightly rejected the documents produced by the petitioner and relied on the public record indicating that the petitioner’s wife was one Gangavva and that they have three children; the youngest been born on 1.1.2005. 6. Writ petition rejected. .....