M. Ramachandran, J.

Nine members of the Erumely Grama Panchayat have filed this Writ Petition, inter alia praying that Ext.Pl proceedings are to be quashed. Ext.Pl series have been issued by the Secretary to the Kanjirappilly Block Panchayat, who had been the authorised Officer by the State Election Commission, for presiding over a meeting of a No Confidence motion, and in the course of his above duties. By the notices, the members had been advised that a meeting was to be convened on 7th of August, 2004 for considering the No Confidence motion, which had been received by him against the President and Vice President of the Grama Panchayat. It is not disputed that a meeting had been convened thereafter. The petitioners had refrained from participating in the meeting, on the plea that notice, as issued by the second respondent, was not in consonance with law. The motion as above had been carried and thereafter the members had elected a fresh President and Vice President. The Writ Petition had been filed in the aforesaid context, challenging the proceedings from the stage of notice.

2. The justifiability and validity of the notices that had been served on petitioners 1 to 8,