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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY AURANGABAD BENCH
ARUN R.PEDNEKER
Ramdas S/o Dattaraya Khose – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.
1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner challenges the order passed by the respondent No. 2 – Divisional Commissioner, Nashik in Grampanchayat Appeal No. 90/2025, disqualifying the petitioner under section 14(1)(g) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for short) for having taken illegal commercial water connection while acting as a Sarpanch.
2. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is summarized as under :-
The petitioner is the elected Member of the Gram Pancyayat for the period between 2021 to 2026 and later on elected as Sarpanch of Village Panchayat Padalidariya. The present respondent Nos. 7 to 9 filed an application under section 14(1)(g) of the Act before the Collector, Ahilyanagar for disqualifying the petitioner as Member and Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat by contending that the petitioner has taken undue advantage of his position and sought commercial water connection for providing water to his Trimurti Industries Padalidariya from the Gram Panchayat. The petitioner also got sanctioned the resolution in the Gram Panchayat meeting dated 25.12.2020 and has taken the commercial water connection u
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