These two writ petitions are directed against the proceedings of the first respondent dated 30.9.2008, calling upon the petitioner to show cause as to why he should not be removed from the office of the President of Nangai Mozhi Village Panchayat on account of certain charges (W.P. (MD). No. 1066 of 2009) and divesting the petitioner of his powers to sign cheques (W.P.(MD). No. 1067 of 2009).

2. The petitioner is the elected President of Nangai Mozhi Village Panchayat and he was elected during October, 2006. The Village Panchayat has nine other ward members. The petitioner was discharging his duty to the satisfaction of the Panchayat as well as to the village people. He was instrumental in constructing the public lay out, backward class students hostel, overhead water tanks, providing cement road in the panchayat, besides making provision for sodium vapour lamp street lights, etc. The petitioner managed to get the funds from the constituency funds of M.L.A. and Parliament member and funds so allotted were all used for the betterment of the village people.

3. The Panchayat members belonging to Ward Nos. 1, 3 and 4 were not in good terms with the petitioner and they are from a dif