( 1 ) SPECIAL Civil Application No. 5546/99 and Civil Application No. 7349/99 in Special Civil Application No. 8744/98 were listed today in the board. It was submitted on behalf of the parties that the Civil Application No. 7349/99 has been filed in the main Special Civil Application No. 8744/98, which is already on the board of final hearing at sr. No. 35 and Rule has already been issued in Special Civil Application No. 5546/99 on 29. 7. 1999 and, therefore, all these matters may be taken up together. I find that in Special Civil Application No. 8744/98 the Court has passed an order on 4. 2. 99 that the matter may be listed for final hearing on 23. 2. 99. In the facts and circumstances of this case and on the request of both the sides, these matters are taken up for final hearing right today. Facts relating to Special Civil Application No. 8744/98. The petitioner herein has come with the case that he was elected to the office of the Sarpanch of Timbawadi Gram Panchayat, Timbawadi Taluka and District Junagadh in the year 1996 for a term of 5 years and that this term of the petitioner is the second consecutive term for which he has been elected as a Sarpanch. While th