(1.) The petitioners are before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:
(2.) Vide Annexure-A the petitioners have been disqualified from the post of the Councilors held by them in Sadalaga Town Municipal Council.
(3.) The petitioners were elected as councilors of the Town Municipal Council, Sadalaga Town, Chikodi Taluk, Belagavi District, in the elections held in the year 2018. All the petitioners were elected under the symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) they being the official candidates of BJP. In the elections held for the post of Adhyaksha and Upa-Adhyakhsa on 2/11/2020, petitioner No.1 contested for the post of Adhyaksha and was elected for the said post with petitioner Nos.2 to 4 having cast their votes in favour of petitioner No.1.