1. Elections to the Municipal Committee, Haryana, in the district of Hoshiarpur, took place on June 18, 1972, and the first meeting of the elected members of the Committee was held on July 8, 1972, for the administration of oath and for the co-option of two women members and one member of the Scheduled Castes. Proposals were invited for co-option of two woman members under the provisions of Section 12-B of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, as amended, hearinafter called the Act, and thereafter voting was held by secret ballot. All the members were supplied two ballot papers each on which the names of all the four contesting candidates were written. The result of the polling was that three of the candidates got four votes each and the fourth candidate got three votes. Three ballot papers were rejected. The convener of the meeting was of the opinion that the members of the Committee having not been able to co-opt two women members and,therefore reported to the Government for nomination of two women members under Sec.12-E of the Act. The Government nominated Smt. Sohan Kaur and Smt. Harbans Kaur as member of the Municipal Committee, Haryana, by a notification which appeared in t