MODI, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a writ application by Quarabali, Bhinvraj and Nemichand under Article 226 of the Constitution by which it is prayed that respondents Nos. 4 to 19 who have been lately elected as members of the Pali Municipality and respondents Nos. 20 and 21 who have been nominated by the Government thereto be restrained from functioning as members of the said municipality and that fresh elections be ordered to be held in accordance with law.

( 2 ) THE facts which have led to the present application may be shortly stated as follows : A general election was held for the Pali municipality on the 3rd and 4th April, 1949, Respondents Nos. 4 to 19 are the successful candidates thereat who have been declared to be members of the municipality, and their names have been notified in the State Gazette. Respondents Nos. 20 and 21 appear thereafter to have been nominated as members of the said municipality. Of the petitioners, the first two are the defeated candidates, Quarabali having, offered himself as a candidate for ward No. 5 and Bhinvraj for ward No. 15, and the third petitioner Nemichand is a resident of and a voter on the electoral rolls of this municipality. It is adm