( 1 ) IN the General Elections held in February 1967, No 192 Gokak Assembly Constituency was reserved for members of the Scheduled Tribes specified in para 2 of Part VIII of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order. 1950 hereinafter called the 'scheduled Tribes Order' The petitioner. Respondents 1 to 3 and two others had filed nominations for the reserved seat. The petitioner objected before the Returning Officer to the Respondents' nominations on the ground that they were not qualified to be chosen to fill the reserved seat since they were not members of any of the specified Scheduled Tribes and that in fact they belonged to the 'bedar' caste. The Returning officer overruled the said objection and accepted the nominations of the respondents as also of one Bhimgouda Mallgouda Patil who subsequently withdrew from the contest within the time allowed under Section 37 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, hereinafter called the 'act'. It may be mentioned that the nomination of one other candidate viz. , one Kaushalya Devi was rejected by the Returning Officer. Thus the petitioner and the respondents were the four contesting candidates in the elections held on 15th February 19

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