(1.) The present petition is filed by the petitioner in the Election Petition aggrieved by the order passed in E.P.No.2/2021 dtd. 6/8/2022, whereby the Election Petition has been rejected.
(2.) The parties are referred to by their ranks before the Election Tribunal.
(3.) Apart from other grounds urged, the primary ground that was urged in the Election Petition was that the respondent No.1 was not qualified to be chosen as a member in terms of Sec. 12(h) of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993, (for brevity 'the Act') which provides for disqualification in the event the member has directly or indirectly any share or interest in any work done by the Gram Panchayat.