JUDGMENT - (1) In the general election held in 1957, one Shrinivas 2nd respondent was elected a Councillor of the Municipality of Ahmednagar. Thereafter he was elected a member of the standing Committee and the Chairman of the Sanitary Committee. In a general meeting of the Councillors held after the election, certain members of the Municipality were also elected to represent the Municipality on the School Board constituted under the Bombay Primary Education Act of 1947. It was said that the 2nd respondent by reason of his being an influential member of the Municipality, was in a position to wield considerable influence in the selection of the members of the School Board.

(2) It is an undisputed fact that the wife of the 2nd respondent has been working as a teacher for the last several years in School No. 14 conducted among other schools by the Municipality. The petitioner, who is a voter, alleged that the 2nd respondent has a direct interest in her employment with the Municipality and therefore if the 2nd respondent has a direct interest in her employment with the Municipality and therefore if the 2nd respondent continues to be a Councillor there would be a conflict between his dut

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