Ranawat, J.—Under the Jhalawar Municipal Election Rules, dated the 29th March, 1943, an election was held at Bhawani Mandi on the 3rd of September, 1948, of the members of the Municipal Committee of Bhawani Mandi and Bodhraj and Tribhowan Dayal were declared elected by the Returning Officer the same day. Keshari Prasad, Asabhai and Keshri-mal who were unsuccessful at the election filed their objections under rule 15 of the Jhalawar Municipal Election Rules in the court of the First Class Magistrate, Bhawani Mandi on the 10th September, 1948. The First Class Magistrate, Bhawani Mandi, held certain enquires into the matter. In the mean time, on the 19th of February, 1948, the United State of Rajasthan passed an Ordinance repealing the Jhalawar State Municipal Election Rules of the 20th March, 1943, and applying the U. P. Municipal Act of 1916 as amended upto U.P. Act I of 1945 with certain modifications to the territories of the Rajasthan State.

2. Under the Jhalawar State Municipal Rules, petitions relating to objections against elections were to be heard and decided by the First Class Magistral? having jurisdiction at the place. But under the new Ordinance such petitions were cognis

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