( 1 ) THIS Special Civil Application is directed against the order dated 8-5-1998 passed by the District Development Officer, Banaskantha, palanpur whereby the petitioner was removed from the office of the Upa-Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Gangva, Taluka Danta, District Banaskantha at palanpur and the order dated 25-1-1999 passed by the Addl. Development commissioner in Appeal.

( 2 ) THIS Special Civil Application was filed in the Court on 4-3-1999 against the aforesaid orders. The petitioners case is that he was a member of the said panchayat prior to 1990 but he was not a member of the said Panchayat and did not hold any office in the said village Panchayat Gangva from 1990 to 1995. The petitioner has stated that he is a supporter of Congress (I) party and in order to see that the supporters of the party loses its control over the panchayat, a show-cause notice was issued at the instance of the members of the opposition party by the District Development Officer purporting to exercise his powers under Sec. 57 of the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993. It appears that the petitioner may not have been a member of the Panchayat from 1990 to 1995 but he was a member of the Panc