JUDGMENT - B.H. MARLAPALLE, J.:---This is a public interest petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution and it came to be admitted by order dated 23rd August, 2001. Pursuant to the leave granted by this Court, respondent Nos. 8 to 12 have been subsequently impleaded. The substantial prayers, in this petition, read as under :

“(B) By issuing appropriate writ or orders or directions or any other suitable writ or orders the election of the respondent Nos. 3 to 6 and 8 to 11 as Councilor(s), from respective ward(s) of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, Aurangabad may please be quashed and set aside, on account of lack of basic qualification/eligibility i.e. not being from reserved Castes/Other backward Class Community, as has been held by the Supreme Court in the case of (K. Venkatachalam v. A. Swamickan others)1, 1999 A.I.R. S.C.W. 1353 and respondent Nos. 3 to 6 and 8 to 11 may please be declared as disqualified for holding any political and non-political post in Aurangabad Municipal Corporation or in any Local Self Government, as they had committed a fraud on the public at large by obtaining and submitting false caste certificates. Further, respondent Nos. 3 to 6 and 8 to

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