JUDGMENT

A.K. Kirty, J. - By these petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution the validity of the elections of the members or some of the members of many Municipal Boards and several Notified Area Committees and Town Area Committees in Uttar Pradesh, as also those of the presidents or Chairman, as the case may be, thereof or some of them, has been questioned. The impugned elections were held on May 30, 1971 to elect members of the Municipal Boards, Notified Area Committees and Town Area Committees. The election of the Chairman of Town Area Committee took place on the same date simultaneously with the general elections to elect members thereof as required by Sec. 8-A of the U.P. Town Areas Act, 1914, under which the Chairman also are to be elected by the electors. The Presidents of Municipal Boards and of Notified Area Committee are to be elected by the elected members. The elections of the Presidents took place on June 22, 1971. All the petitions were filed after May 31, 1971 when the results of the elections of the members had been declared. Some of them were filed shortly before June 22, 1971, but the majority after that date. In some cases ad interim orders were passed by th