JUDGMENT - A.P. SHAH J. :---Whether Subjects Committee of a `C' Class Municipal Council can consist of only one member is a short but interesting question which falls for our consideration in this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

2. Igatpuri Municipal Council is a Class `C' Municipal Council. In the elections, which were held in December 1991, petitioners Nos. 1 to 14 and respondents Nos. 3 and 18 were elected as members of the Municipal Council. For the year 1991-92, the Standing Committee consisting of ten members and various Subjects Committees consisting of three members each were formed. As the period of the Standing Committee and the Subjects Committees expired, the Collector of Nasik in exercise of powers under section 65 of the Maharashtra Municipalities Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred he as `the Act') convened a special meeting of the Municipal Council on 23rd December, 1992 for the purposes of (i) determining the number of members of the Standing Committee; (ii) determining the Subjects Committee or Committees, if any, to be appointed, and the number of members of each such Committee, and if more than one such Committee are to be appointed, the

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