KAN SINGH, J.—I have before me a writ petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution jointly filed by the three petitioners who were Panchas of the Gram Panchayat Pingora in the district of Bharatpur and by it they seek to question the validity of an order of the Sub-Divisional Officer, Bharatpur dated 25-4-67, by which he held that the petitioners had ceased to be the Panchas of the Gram Panchayat on account of their failure to attend five consecutive meetings of the Gram Panchayat. The relevant facts may shortly be stated as follows:

2. The petitioners were elected as Panchas of the Gram Panchayat as a result of the elections held in 1964. According to them, the Sar Panch was inimically disposed towards them and he wanted to get rid of them as Panchas. They state that the Sar Panch, therefore, manipulated the proceedings of the Panchayat and eventually endeavoured to bring about the vacation of their seats on baseless grounds. According to them, they had never failed to attend five consecutive meetings of the Panchayat said to have been held on 9-3-65, 26-3-65, 9-4-65, 26 4-65 and 9-5-65. When they came to know on 18-5-65 that on 17-5-65 they had been ordered to be removed, they made

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