M.C. JAIN, J.—In the above two writ petitions a common preliminary objection as to the maintainability of the writ petitions has been raised, so I propose to dispose of that objection by this order.

2. By these writ petitions, the elections of Pradhans of Panchayat Samitis have been challenged and it is prayed that the respondent No. 2 in both the writ petitions namely; Narendrasingh in Civil Writ Petition No. 7 of 1982 and Tej Singh in (Civil Writ Petition No. 80 of 1982 may be declared elected as Pradhan of Panchayat Samiti, Bali and Balotra respectively and the elections of respondent No. 1 namely; Raghunath Parihar in he first writ petition and Narpatkaran in the second writ petition may be declared invalid.

3. I may briefly advert to the material facts of the first writ petition. The petitioner in that petition was elected as a Panch from Ward No. 5 of Gram Panchayat, Boya Tehsil Bali. The elections, whereof, were held on December 10,1981. The petitioner was a voter for the office of Pradhan of Panchayat Samiti as Gram Panchayat, Boya, Tehsil Bali was its constituent. The election for Panchas and Sarpanch were held simultaneously. Shri Arjun Singh, respondent No. 3 came to be el

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