JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner, who is directly elected as Sarpanch from the persons whose names are included in the list of voters of village Balirampur, is aggrieved by no-confidence motion passed against him and by rejection of his appeal before the Collector, Nanded by order dated 13.12.2021.

The petitioner question the legality and validity of the resolution dated 03.09.2021 passed in the special meeting of the Village Panchayat, Balirampur and the resolution dated 16.09.2021 passed in the special meeting of the Gram Sabha under Section 35 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1958. Since the Collector upheld the resolutions of no-confidence passed against the petitioner and dismissed his appeal, the present writ petition is instituted.

2. The facts in background of the action impugned, can be briefly summarized as under : -

The petitioner is a directly elected Sarpanch of Village Panchayat, Balirampur, being elected in the general election of 2017 on a post reserved for Scheduled Caste. It is worth to mention that by the Maharashtra Village Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Mah. Act No. LIV/2018), a novel provision in form of Section 30A-1A is introduced, providing for electio