NITIN W. SAMBRE, ABHAY J. MANTRI
Sadashiv S/o Shivaji Dhenge – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.
1. The petitioner has raised the grievance that holding of election to elect the members of respondent No. 6-Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Tumsar (for short “APMC”) before completion of the election process of 58 Gram-Panchayats from Mohadi Tahsil without inclusion of the names of members/Sarpanch from these 58 Gram-Panchayats in the voters’ list, is illegal and bad in law.
2. Succinctly, the factual matrix of the case is as under:
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