1. - Petitioner, an Ex-Chairperson of Municipal Board, Rajsamand has preferred this writ petition to challenge the impugned order dated 26.09.2011 (Annex.8) passed by the Dy. Secretary, Local Self Department, Rajasthan, Jaipur whereby he is declared ineligible for re-election of the Ward Member of the Municipality for six years from the date of the order. The order impugned against the petitioner is passed under Sections 39, 40 and 41 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 (for short ‘the Act of 2009’).

2. Succinctly stated the factual matrix giving rise to this writ petition are that the petitioner was elected as Ward Member of Municipal Board, Rajsamand from Ward No.18 in the year 2006. Later on, the petitioner was elected as Chairperson of the Municipal Board by lottery. Projecting very tall claims about his abilities and impartiality during the entire tenure, it is submitted by the petitioner in the writ petition that the tenure came to an end in February 2011. When the petitioner was in helm of affairs as Chairperson of Municipal Board, Rajsamand, leader of opposition Mr. Chunnilal Pancholi lodged many complaints against him alleging serious irregularities in dispos