JUDGMENT

K.N. Saikia, J. - Special leave granted.

2. This appeal is form the Judgment and Order of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad dated 4-7-1988 passed in Writ Petition No. 8610 of 1988.

3. The appellant states that he enjoys popularity in his area and that he previously held several important positions in the Cuddapah District of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee for several years, a Municipal Councillor from 1982 to 1986 and a Vice-Chairman of Cuddapah Municipal Council. According to him in December 1935 he was elected a Chairman of the Cuddapah Municipal Council for its residuary won and in March, 1987 he was elected to the Municipal Council as an independent candidate defeating the Telugu Desam and Congress (I) candidates by large margins. It is his case that the local leadership of the ruling Telugu Desam Party having failed to woo him into their fold he was pressurised through, the Excise and Police authorities foisting false, cases upon him. On 13-11-1987, as the police summoned him to the Police Station for taking his photograph as was done in case of criminals, he moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court by Writ Petition No. 79038 of 1987 and the High Court was p