(1.) The petitioners who are nominated councilors of Malur Town Municipal Council (hereinafter referred to as 'the Council' for short) in this petition have prayed for the following reliefs:
(2.) The Council was constituted on 20/5/2018, which has 29 elected members as well as 4 nominated members and one member of Legislative Assembly. The President of the Council was elected on 20/11/2020. The petitioners were nominated as Councilors of the Council on 27/2/2021. The Tahsildar and Election Officer issued calendar of events by which election to the post of President of the Council was notified and the same was scheduled to be held on 30/12/2021.The petitioners who are the nominated members of the Council, filed a writ petition, in which inter alia declaration was sought to the effect that they are entitled to participate in the process of election to the post of President of the Council. A bench of this court by an interim order dtd. 29/12/2021 permitted the petitioners to participate in the process of election for the post of President of the Council subject to final decision of the writ petition.
(3.) An election was held on 30/12/2021, in which the petitioners cast their votes for the election to the post of the President of the Council. The petitioner in WP No.834/2022 filed an I.A. for impleading on 10/1/2022 in W.P.No.24308/2021, filed by the petitioners. The petitioner in WP No.834/2022 thereafter withdrew the interlocutory application for impleading on 7/2/2022. Thereafter, a bench of this court vide order dtd. 22/2/2022 permitted the petitioners in W.P.No.24308/2021 to withdraw the writ petition with the liberty as prayed for and extended the interim order for a period of 7 days. In the aforesaid factual background, this petition has been filed.