The court also noted that the application for his removal was wrongly filed quoting wrong provision of law. Therefore, the application could not have been filed for removal of Naik for not performing his duties as sarpanch.The complaint regarding illegal construction was filed on January 4, 2016. He also pointed out that Naik was also not duly notified regarding proceedings by the director. Naik was also not eligible for re-election for five years after he was disqualified by the director for 'persistent remiss in discharge of his duties'. The court set aside the order of the panchyat director dated Novmber 17, 2016, and termed it as "arbitrary" and "perverse".Former director Gurudas P Pilankar had allowed an application filed by Shaileshkumar Virnodkar and removed Naik as a member of the village panchayat.
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