JUDGMENT :

S.J. Kathawalla, Milind N. Jadhav, JJ.

By the present petition, the Petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs :-

"a. This Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue the writ of certiorari or any other writ, order or direction, and call for record and proceedings in Panchayat Samiti/Wai/Dispute Application/Satara No.2019 filed before the Additional Divisional Commissioner, Pune Division, Pune;

b. This Hon'ble Court may after considering legality, validity and propriety of the impugned order dated 01.11.2021 passed by the Additional Divisional Commissioner, Pune Division, Pune Panchayat Samiti/Wai/Dispute Application/Satara No.2019 be pleased to quash and set aside same and restore the Petitioner to the post of member of Wai Panchayat Samiti, Wai.”

2. By the impugned order dated 01.11.2021 the Additional Divisional Commissioner, Pune Division has declared the Petitioner to be ineligible to continue as the member of Kenjal Gram Panchayat, Taluka Wai, District Satara, on the ground that the Petitioner has incurred disqualification on account of non-payment of property tax within the prescribed period from the date on which the amount of tax was demanded and a bill for the purp