Rajagopala Ayyangar, J.- The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been preferred to this Court under section 116-A of the Representation of the People Act from the order of the Election Tribunal, Nagapattinam, in Election Petition No. 178 of 1957 before it.

The election in question was to the Mayuram constituency of the Madras State Assembly, and two members-one to the general seat and one reserved for a member of the scheduled caste-had to be elected. The election was held on 11th March, 1957. At this election, G. Narayanaswami Naidu and P. Jayaraj who were the respondents in the election petition were respectively elected to the general and reserved seats. The question at issue in the petition related to the propriety of the rejection of the nomination of C. Krishnamurthi, the election petitioner. First February, 1957, was the date fixed for the scrutiny of the nominations. On that date one of the candidates K. Krishnamurthi-not a party to these proceedings -objected to the nomination of the petitioner G. Krishnamurthi on the ground that the latter held “an office of profit under the Government of India” in that he was a salaried, employee-a Junior Inspector under-the Life Insurance Cor

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