CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH, J.:–Exercising jurisdiction vested under Section 136(2) of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 (in short ‘the Act’), the State Election Commission, Bihar, (in short ‘the SEC’) by its order dated 05.04.2022 passed in Case No. 1/2022 (Vineeta Kumari Vs. Mamta Kumar), has declared that the petitioner suffers from disqualification to hold the post of Mukhiya in terms of Section 136(1)(b) of the Act and has accordingly, by the said order, relieved the petitioner from the post of Mukhiya of Kajpa Gram Panchayat of Rafiganj Block in the district of Aurangabad.

2. The said order dated 05.04.2022, issued vide memo No.1/2022/1380 dated 06.04.2022, is under challenge in the present writ application.

3. We have heard Mr. Y.V. Giri, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Sanjeev Nikesh, learned counsel for the State Election Commission, Mr. Ajay, learned G.A.-5 for the State of Bihar and Mr. Sajid Salim Khan, learned counsel appearing for the private respondent No.7.

4. Before considering the facts asserted in the writ petition to assail the impugned order, we have considered it apposite to shortly narrate certain relevant admitted facts. The petitioner and responde