Per NAIK A.B., J.:---By these two writ petitions the residents of Ahmednagar and Dhule are challenging the action taken by the Government converting the smaller urban area i.e. Municipal Council of Ahmednagar and Dhule respectively into a larger urban area i.e. Municipal Corporation. It is not disputed before us that common questions of law are involved in both these writ petitions and both the petitions can be disposed of by the common judgment. Hence, we are disposing of both these petitions by this judgment. Before we advert to narrate the factual aspect and the submissions that are advanced by the respective learned Advocates including the Advocate General, in our view most of the contentions raised in the petition and agitated before us are squarely covered by the judgment of the Apex Court in (State of Maharashtra and another v. Jalgaon Municipal Council others)1, reported in 2003(5) Bom.C.R. (S.C.)709 : A.I.R. 2003 S.C.W. 1061 (hereinafter referred to as Jalgaon Municipal Council case). Both the learned Advocates for the petitioners have tried to impress upon us that the question that is raised and decided by the Apex Court in Jalgaon Municipal Council case will not be ap

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