Pritpal Singh, J.

1. There are twenty-five members of the Municipal Committee, Batala. Eighteen out of those members are the petitioners. Raghubir Chand Puri, respondent No. 2, is the President of the Municipal Committee. The petitioner Nos. 1, 2, 10, 12, 13 and 17 moved a requisition to respondent No. 2 under section 25 of the Punjab Municipal Act (hereinafter called the Act) requesting him to convene a special meeting of the Municipal Committee to consider the question of No Confidence Motion against him. A copy of the requisition is (Annexure P.1). This requisition was received by respondent No. 2 on August 24, 1983. This respondent directed on September 6, 1983 for the convening of the meeting on October 17, 1983. According to the petitioners the convening of the meeting, for a date beyond 14 days from the receipt of the requisition by respondent No. 2, violated section 25 of the Act. Their contention is that this statutory period of 14 days expired on September 7, 1983 and since respondent No. 2 fixed October 17, 1983 as the date of the meeting, the requisitionists themselves convened a special meeting on September 16, 1983 at 3.00 p.m. at the Town Hall, Batala. Eighte