JUDGMENT :

1. By way of present Writ Petition, the petitioner is challenging the order dated 17.04.2023 passed by the respondent no. 1 – The District Election Officer (APMC) / District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Aurangabad in Appeal No.6/2023 and the order dated 05.04.2023 passed by the respondent no. 2 -The Returning Officer, Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Gangapur, thereby rejecting the nomination form of the petitioner to contest the election of APMC, Gangapur from Trader Constituency.

Brief facts of the present Writ Petition is as under:

2. The election to the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Gangapur was due, and as such, election programme was published on 27.03.2023. The last date for submission of the nomination form was on 03.04.2023. The petitioner filed his nomination form on 03.04.2023 to the election of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Gangapur from traders constituency. The respondent no. 3 raised objections to the nomination form of the petitioner on the ground that the proposer of the petitioner, namely, Mahesh Navandar is disqualified to be a proposer of the petitioner, and as such, the nomination of the petitioner be rejected.

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