Rajendra Saxena, J.-Petitioners-Sarva Shri Jagdish Narayan Sharma, Mustak Ahmed and Abdul Ajij, who are elected Ward Members of Municipal Board, Merta City, have through this writ petition challenged their suspension order dated 5-1-1994 (Annex. 7) and prayed that the same be set aside and respondents be directed to allow them to participate in the meetings of the said Municipal Board as well as the meetings of Sub-Committees wherein they are members. They have also prayed that the First Information Report (Annex. 5) lodged against them be quashed.

2. Briefly the relevant facts are that petitioners were elected as Ward Members of the Municipal Board, Merta City in the month of August, 1992, Petitioner-Jagdish Narayan Sharma contested as an independent candidate, while petitioners-Abdul Ajij and Mustak Ahmed were nominees of Janta Dal and Congress (I) Party respectively. The Bhartiya Janta Party got the majority in the said Municipal Board (hereinafter referred to as Board). The Board was constituted under the Chairmanship of the nominee of the Bhartiya Janta Party. The petitioners have alleged that on the national panorama Congress (I) Party and Bhartiya Janta Party are at