1. (25-6-1969):In this petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution the grievance of the six petitioners who were members of the Turkabad Village Gram Panchayat is that their membership of the Panchayat had been illegally treated as vacated and cancelled and consequently on July 19, 1967 their names were illegally deleted from the voters' list for Gangapur Gat Panchayat Samiti, Turkabad. The grievance of the first petitioner is that on the basis of deletion of his name from the voters' list on July 19, 1967, the Tahsildar, as Returning Officer, Panchayat Samiti Election. Tauka Gangapur had illegally rejected the first petitioner's nomination for contesting the election for the membership of Panchayat Samiti.

2. The only facts which need to be noticed are as follows:
The petitioners were elected as members of the Gram Panchayat for village Turkabad in December 1966. As elected members of the Gram Panchayat, the petitioners were eligible to vote and contest the elections for Panchayat Samiti of Gangapur Taluka for Turkabad Circle. In connection with elections to Panchayat Samiti to be held on July 31, 1967, the last date for filing nomination papers was July 18, 1967. In that very conne