JAIRAM T SHINDE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) As the elections to the post of the Chairman of the standing committee was required to be held expeditiously, we pronounced our order forthwith with a direction that the reasons would follow. We now proceed to give our reasons for the order.

(2.) By this petition the Petitioner, a councilor of Municipal Corporation of Nashik, seeks a declaration that the action of Respondent No. 3 (the mayor of Municipal Corporation of Nashik) of nominating the Respondent No. 5, purporting to be from Shiv Sena quota, as a member of the standing committee of the municipal corporation to be arbitrary, illegal, null and void. The Petitioner has also sought for a direction to the Respondent No. 3 to forthwith appoint the Petitioner to be a member of the standing committee representing majority of the small registered political parties, in the light of the observations made in paragraph No. 13 of the decision of the Full Bench in Jairam Tolaji Shinde v. The Secretary, Urban Development, Maharashtra State,,2010(3) MhLJ 465.

(3.) Nashik Municipal Corporation, the Respondent No. 2 herein, is constituted under the provisions of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 (for short "the Act"). Its General Body consists of elected 108 councillors and the standing committee consists of 16 councillors. Party wise strength of the councilors in the Respondent No. 3 municipal corporation and the number of candidates to be nominated by the corporation party wise to the standing committee, as given by the Petitioner in a table at the end of paragraph No. 2 of the petition, is as follows: <p><TABLE class = tablestyle border="1" align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td width=69 valign=top><div align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Sr.No. </font></strong></div></td> <td width=242 valign=top><div align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Party Name </font></strong></div></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Verdana"> No. of Councillors </font></strong></div></td> <td width=83 valign=top><div align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Quota </font></strong></div></td> <td width=72 valign=top><div align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Seats </font></strong></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1. </font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> ShivSena </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 26 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 3.85 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 4 </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 2. </font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> BJP </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 14 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 2.07 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 2 </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 3. </font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Congress </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 21 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 3.11 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 3 </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69> <div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">4.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Rashtrawadi Congress </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 17 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 2.51 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 3 </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">5.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> MNS </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 12 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1.77 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 2 </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">6.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Independents Group </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 9 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1.33 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1 </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">7.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> BSP </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 3 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.44 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">8.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> RPI </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 2 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.29 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">9.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> LJP </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.14 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">10.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Samajwadi Party </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.14 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">11.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> SKP </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.14 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">12.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Communist </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.14 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=69><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana">13.</font></div></td> <td width=242><font size="3" face="Verdana"> Independents </font></td> <td width=110><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 1 </font></div></td> <td width=83><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 0.14 </font></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Verdana"> - </font></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" valign=top><div align="center"><strong> <font size="3" face="Verdana"> TOTAL </font> </strong></div></td> <td width=72><div align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Verdana"> 15 </font></strong></div></td> </tr> </TABLE>