SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.

1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. The matter is heard finally with consent of the parties.

2. This Petitioner is preferred by four Advocates practising in the Thane District and Sessions Court. The Petitioner is filed seeking certain directions in respect of conduct of the ensuing elections of the Thane District Court Bar Association (for short, 'TDCBA') for the year 2018-2020. TDCBA is impleaded as the Respondent No.1 in the Petition. The Respondent No.2 is the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, the Respondent No.3 is the Bar Council of India and the Respondent No.4 is the State of Maharashtra. There are some intervention applications filed in the instant Petitioner.

3. Substantive prayers in the Petitioner are as follows :

“(a) By an appropriate writ/order/direction, of this Hon'ble Court, the Respondent No.1 be directed to conduct the ensuing elections for the year 2018-2020 in accordance with the principle of “One Bar, One Vote”.

(b) By an appropriate writ/order/direction, of this Hon'ble Court, the Respondent No.2 Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and the Respondent No.3 Bar Council of India, be directed to implement the said principle of