JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ-application is instituted under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the impugned order dated 24.01.2022 passed by the respondent No.2 Election officer, General Election Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Mahuva whereby nomination form submitted by the writ applicant for the post of Member of Agricultural Produce market Committee, Mahuva from the agricultural constituency is rejected.

2. The brief facts germane for adjudication of the present writ application are stated thus :-

2.1 The writ applicant is an agriculturist and holds agricultural land in village Chardika, bearing Survey No.118/2 of Village Chardika. It is stated that the Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Mahuva (herein after referred as "the Committee" for short) was duly constituted under the provisions of Chapters 3 and 4 of the Gujarat Agricultural produce and Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 1963, (Gujarat Act No.29 of 1964) (herein after referred to as "the Said Act" for the sake of convenience and brevity) and the Committee is named and called as Agricultural Produce Committee, Mahuva, (herein after referred to as "the Committee" for the sake of conve