( 1 ) RULE. Mr. Yogesh Thakker, learned Advocate waives service of notice of Rule for the respondent in each Revision Application. In view of the consent of learned Counsels appearing for the parties and having regard to the urgency involved in the matters, these Revision Applications are taken up for final hearing today. As common questions of facts and law are involved in all these matters, they are disposed of by this common judgment.

( 2 ) THE petitioners, who are authorised to hold election to elect members of rohishala Gram Panchayat, Taluka Botad, Dist. Bhavnagar, have filed present revision Applications challenging common judgment and order dated 22-10-1996 passed by the learned Joint District Judge, Bhavnagar in Misc. Civil Appeal Nos. 192 of 1996, 193 of 1996, 194 of 1996, 195 of 1996 and 196 of 1996, whereby the appeals filed by the petitioners are dismissed and mandatory ad interim injunction dated 18-10-1996 granted by the learned Civil Judge (S. D.), Bhavnagar below applications Exh. 5 filed in Regular Civil Suit Nos. 737, 738, 739, 740 and 741, all of 1996, is confirmed.

( 3 ) THE Election Commission, Gujarat State, issued Notification dated September