JUDGMENT - (1) This petition demonstrates the manner in which some of the Panchayats are working under the Panchayats Act.

(2) The dispute between the parties arises out of an election to the village Panchayat of wadshingi, taluq Jalgaon, which took place on May 25, 1966. The result of the election were declared on the next day. At this election petitioners 1 to 4 and respondents 1 to 5 were elected. The meeting for the election to the Sarpanch of this Panchayat was fixed originally for July 5, 1966, and then adjourned to July 18, 1966. In the meantime, respondents 6 and 7 filed two election petitions against petitioners 1 and 2 on June 10, 1966. Respondent No. 1 was the Sarpanch elected to the prior Panchayat. He then made an application under section 16 of the Bombay Village Panchayats Act 1958, to the Collector for disqualifying the petitioners 1 and 2 on the ground that they were disqualified for being elected as members of the Panchayat because petitioner no. 1 was below the age of 25 and petitioner no. 2 was below the age of 21 years. The Collector rejected this application on July 8, 1966. Prior to this, before the first date for election of the Sarpanch, respondent no 1 had

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