( 1 ) ). The petitioner was elected as Sarpanch of Barvala Gram Panchayat and was given charge on 16th January, 2002. The petitioner was removed as Sarpanch vide order dated 20th April, 2002 under Section 57[1] of the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993 [hereinafter referred to as `the Act for short ] by the District Development Officer, Ahmedabad. The said removal order was challenged by the petitioner by way of Appeal before the appellate authority, i. e. Development Commissioner, who, in turn, vide his order dated 6th June, 2002 dismissed the said appeal, confirming the order dated 20th April, 2002 passed by the District Development Officer. Being aggrieved by the aforesaid orders, the petitioner has approached this Court by way of this Special Civil Application.

( 2 ) ). The facts of this case reflect that the petitioner, while he was discharging his functions as Sarpanch, received a show cause notice under Section 57[1] of the Act which is at Annexure-B to the petition, wherein certain charges were levelled against the petitioner in the said show cause notice. Charge No. 1 relates to non-mentioning of the date of next meeting in the Minutes of the meeting held on 15