P. A. CHOUDHARY, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner in this writ petition is the Municipal Council, Eluru, represented by its Chairman Sri Nandi Satyanarayana. It challenges G. O. Ms. No. 46, Municipal Administration dt. 28-1-1986. By means of G. O. Ms. No. 46 the Government had in purported exercise of its power under S. 62 (I), Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965, directed dissolution of the Municipal Council, Eluru with effect from 30-1-86 and also directed its reconstitution with effect from 30-1-1988. The Eluru Municipality was constituted under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965. Elections to the Municipal Council were last held in August 1981, and the term of that elected body would expire on July, 1986. The life of this body was always turbulent. On 6-5-1985, the then Chairman of the Municipal Council was removed from Office through a resolution of no-confidence motion passed by the requisite majority of the Eluru Municipality. Thereafter, on 21-5-1985, the present Chairman was elected. This was followed by complaints made in June, 1985 against the maladministration of the municipal Council. On receipt of those complaints by the Government, an Officer of

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