( 1 ) THE petitioners are the Commissioners of Berhampore Municipality in the district of Murshidabad and they are 19 in number belonging to Congress (I ). The total number of seats of Commissioners of Berhampore Municipality is 30 out of which the petitioners are holding 19 seats and the 11 seats belonged to Left Front. The petitioner No. 1 is the Chairman and the petitioner No. 2 is the Vice-Chairman of the office of Board of Commissioners of the Berhampore Municipality (hereinafter referred to as the said Municipality ). In the Municipal election held in the year 1986, the petitioners along with the Respondent Nos. 9 to 19 who belonged to Left Front were elected as Commissioners of the said Municipality and they took over the charge of the said Municipality on 17th July 1986. Since then, the petitioners along with the Respondent Nos. 9 to 19 have been continuing as Commissioners of the said Municipality. After taking over the said Municipality the petitioners have undertake several developmental works as mentioned in paragraph 4 of the said writ petition. Apart from the aforesaid departmental works, the present Board of Commissioners of the said Municipal