R.M. SAVANT, J.

1. Rule, in all the Petitions with the consent of the Learned Counsel for the parties made returnable forthwith and heard.

2. The Writ Jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is invoked against the identical orders all dated 18.03.2015 passed by the Collector, Solapur, by which orders the application for disqualification filed by the Respondent No. 1 in each of the above Petitions came to be allowed and resultantly, each of the Petitioners above named were held to be disqualified in terms of Section 3(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as “the Disqualification Act”).

3. The facts giving rise to the filing of the above Petitions can be stated thus:-

Since the facts are identical, the facts in Writ Petition No. 4261 of 2015 would be referred to for the sake of convenience. The Petitioner in Writ Petition No. 4261 of 2015 is an elected Councillor of the Pandharpur Municipal Council. The elections to the said Pandharpur Municipal Council took place in the year 2011. The Petitioner in the said Writ Petition is belonging to “Teerthkshetra Vikas Aghadi, Pandharpur” (h