JUDGMENT: (PER Hon'ble Sri Justice B.Prakash Rao)

The petitioner herein, who is a Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Nellore files this writ petition seeking for a Mandamus declaring the action of the Government in initiating proceedings to remove her from the said office, as illegal and violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India apart from being violative of principles of natural justice and further vitiated by malice in law and tainted with mala fides while seeking a declaration primarily that Section 639-B of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act 1956 as unconstitutional, consequently to hold that the action of the government in initiating the impugned proceedings vide Memo No.6929/Elec.II/2008, dated 13-06- 2008 as void and to set aside the same.

The facts giving rise to the present proceedings are that the petitioner was elected as Corporator from Ward No.38 of the Nellore Municipal Corporation in the elections held on 24-09-2005 and subsequently she got elected unanimously to the post of Mayor in the election, conducted on 30-9-2005. She has taken charge on 5-10-2005 and thus the term of the office comes to an end on 29-09-2010. She states that there are

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