(1) wp8895-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8895 OF 2011 Ilahi Ismilsaheb Bagwan & another PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. S.M. Vibhute, advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. V.D. Rakh, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. Mr. S.T. Shelke, advocate for Respondent No. 3. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 22nd NOVEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Section 9-A of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 has suffered an amendment on 2nd May, 2008 by way 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 validity certificate to be submitted alongwith the nomination (2) wp8895-11 form. We cannot issue any direction to the authorities to act contrary to the statutory provisions, 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. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp8895-11