1. Rule, with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties made returnable forthwith and heard.

2. The parties are before this Court in view of the unseating of the Petitioner as a Municipal Councillor under the Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986. The challenge raised in the above Petition is to the order dated 19/06/2014 passed by the Collector, Satara by which order the issues which were framed by this Court in the earlier round of litigation being Writ Petition Nos. 1655 of 2014 and 2751 of 2014 were answered and Exhibit 26 filed by the Respondent No.3 herein came to be allowed.

3. The facts giving rise to the filing of the above Petition can be stated thus The elections to the Municipal Council Panchagani were held some time in December 2011. In the said elections 17 Councillors, who had contested the elections as independent candidates, were elected, which including the Petitioner and the Respondent No.3. Out of the said 17 Councillors, 9 Councillors which including the Petitioner and the Respondent No.3 had decided to come together and form a postpoll aghadi known as Panchagani Vikas Aghadi, Panchagani, resulting into Panchagani Vik