1. The petitioner filed the present writ petition for a writ of certiorari to quash to impugned notice issued by the 4th respondent bearing No. ELN(PAPUMSA)CR 05/2018-19 dated 13.06.2018, as per Annexure-K and to quash Section 42(11) of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, as it is unconstitutional, ultra vires and opposed to Section 18(1)(a) of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.

I FACTS OF THE CASE:

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner was elected as a member of Town Panchayath, Sargur, from ward No.11 of Sargur Town, H.D.Kote Taluk, Mysuru District and has been serving the public since 2015. The petitioner is known in public as most sincere and honest member of the Panchayath serving with devotion and she is deserved for the post of President.

The petitioner belongs to BCM(A) category as she belongs to Thogata community, which was not given any chance to represent the post of President in Sargur Town Panchayat for the last 13 years. Though it was brought to the notice of all the respondent authorities, deliberately with political forces they were going on with repetition, depriving petitioner’s right to contest to the post of President and represent