PANCHDEV Vs. SPECIAL ADDITIONAL DISTRICT MAGISTRATE MIRZAPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) M. Katju, J. This writ petition has been filed against the impugned orders dated 23-7-1996 and 8-8-1996, Annexures 1 and 2 to the writ petition.

(2.) HEARD Sri B. D. Mandhyan for the petitioner and Sri Yatindra Singh, for the respondent No. 3.

(3.) THE meaning of the expression "local. authority" has been explained by the Supreme Court in the recent decisions. In Housing Board of Haryana v. Haryana Hous ing Board Employees Union and others, AIR 1996 SC 434, it has been held that a Housing Board is not a local authority. In Calcutta State Transport Corporation v. Commis sioner of Income-Tax, West Bengal, JT 1996 (5) SC 510, it has been held that a State Road Transport Authority is not a local authority. In these decisions, the meaning of local authority has been explained. Thus a local authority means a body like a Municipal Board, Town Area etc. A Co operative Society cannot be said to be a local authority nor can it be said to be the State Government. Hence the nomination of the respondent No. 3 was illegally rejected.