1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.1822/2001 [Rajesh Panditrao Ekde .vrs. State of Maharashtra and others] ..................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : A.P. LAVANDE AND P.D. KODE, JJ. DATED : SEPTEMBER 7, 2009. Heard Mr. P.B. Patil, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A.D. Sonak, learned AGP for respondent nos.1 to 3. None appears on behalf of respondent no.3 and the intervenor. By this petition the petitioner challenges the order dated 22.5.2001 by which the petitioner has been disqualified under Section 55-A of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 from holding the post of President of Municipal Council, Nandura, District – Buldhana. By the said order, the petitioner has been also disqualified for being elected as Councilor for a period of six years under Section 55 (B)(a) of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial 2 Townships Act, 1965. The impugned order was passed on 22.5.2001. As such, as on date, the disqualification incurred on account of the impugned order is not in existence. As such, the petition has become infructuous. Consequently, the petition stands disposed of as infructuous. JUDGE JUDGE Gulande