JUDGMENT :

1. The writ petitioner and respondents 4 to 6 to the writ petition contested for the post of Sarpanch of Mondigowrally Village. The polling took place on 22-3-1988 and the writ petitioner was declared to have been duly elected as Sarpanch of Mondigowrally. Questioning the election of the writ petitioner the fourth respondent herein filed O.P. No. 7 of 1988 under Rule 50(2) of the Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Rules, 1978 in the Court of the District Munsif-cum-Election Tribunal at Ibrahimpatnam. The election of the writ petitioner was attacked on various grounds such as preventing voters from exercising their votes, closing of polling booth earlier than the schedule time, etc. It is not necessary for the purposes of this writ petition to go into the details of the allegations. It was prayed in O.P. No. 7 of 1988 (a) to direct the election Officer to recount the votes for the post of Sarpanch, Mondigowrally village, Gram Panchayat before the Court or Commissioner appointed by Court; (b) to set aside the election of respondent therein i.e. the writ petitioner herein as Sarpanch of Mondigowrally village; and (c) to declare the petitioner therein that is the fourth responden