1. This is a petition under section 81 of the Representation of the People Act by an elector, who incidentally happens to be the husband of respondent No. 2 one of the defeated candidates. It is in challenge of the election of respondent No. 1 Mahadeo Govind Joshi in the Madhya Pradesh Ujjain, North-Vidhan Sabha constituency No. 245. In the petition a large number of grounds have been alleged including appeal to religion and threat of divine displeasure; but at the final stages the petitioner has restricted himself only to one heading which is numbered 1 in the issues, concerning the alleged disqualification of respondent No.1 under Article 191 (1)(a) of the Constitution as he was holding three offices of profit under either the state Government or the Union Government in the Western Railway Administration.

2. The petitioner's allegation is that, having held at the time of the election three different offices of profit, and under the Union Government in the Western Railway Administration and two others under the Madhya Pradesh State Government, the respondent No. 1 was disqualified and the election has to be declared void under section 100 (1) (a) of the Re-presentation of t