1. Heard Mr. V.D. Salunke, learned Counsel for the petitioner; Mr. S.K. Sawangikar, learned Counsel for respondent nos.1 to 5; Mr. G.G. Suryawanshi, learned Counsel for respondent nos.6 and 10, and Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, learned AGP for respondent nos.7 to 9, at length.

2. Rule. The learned Counsel appearing for the respective respondents waive service. At the request and by consent of the parties, Rule is made returnable forthwith and the petition is taken up for final hearing.

3. By this petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the judgment and order dated 28th December 2012, passed by the Additional Collector, Nanded, in Appeal No. 39/2012. By that order, the Additional Collector dismissed the dispute application preferred by the petitioner and held that the special meeting convened by the Tahsildar, Mukhed, on 18th April 2012, for considering the no confidence motion against the petitioner herein, as a Sarpanch, was validly conducted as per Section 35 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1958 [For short, "the Act" ], read with the Bombay Village Panchayats Sarpanch and Up-Sarpanch (No Confidence Motion) Rules