Judgment

Santosh Hegde, J.-Leave granted.

2. Heard learned counsel.

3. This appeal is preferred against the judgment and order dated 4th August, 1998 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandi­garh in C.W.P. No. 9852/98. In the said writ petition, the appellant herein prayed for quashing of an order dated 26.6.1998 whereby he was removed from the office of the President, Municipal Council, Nangal. He also prayed for consequential reliefs like restraining the respond­ents from issuing notifications regarding electing res­pondent No. 3 as the President of the said Municipal Council. The said writ petition having failed, this appeal has been preferred.

4. It is the contention of the appellant both in the writ petition as well as in this appeal that he was elected as a member of the Municipal Council, Nangal on 20.11.1994 and under Section 57 of the Punjab Munic­ipality Act, 1911 (for short ‘the Act’) the said Council was managing as many as 3 educational institutions; one of which was Shivalik Model School and sequel to certain political differences that arose between him and respondent No. 4, the appellant was served with two show cause notices out of which the first notice c