JUDGMENT :

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA)

1. By this writ-application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ-applicants, desirous of contesting election to the Botad District Panchayat, have prayed for the following reliefs :

“(A) Your Lordships be pleased to quash and set aside the impugned orders dated 15.02.2021 issued to the Petitioners by the Respondent Election officer annexed hereto at Annexure - D (colly) and be further pleased to declare the same to be illegal, unconstitutional and arbitrary;

(B) Your Lordships Be pleased to direct respondents and respondent election commission as well as election officer in charge of Botad District Panchayat Elections to accept the mandate/nomination of the petitioners and allow them to contest election in accordance with law and the provisions of the constitution;

(C) During the pendency and/or final disposal of the present petition be pleased to direct respondent state election commission and election officer in charge of Botad District Panchayat Elections to accept the mandate/ nomination of the petitioners and