Chennai Court July 1925 Judgments

S.K. Mariya Pillai and anr. Vs. Muthuvelu Pandaram

Court: Chennai

Reported in: AIR1926Mad877

Venkatasubba Rao, J.1. This Civil Revision Petition raises an interesting question. The petitioners before us are two members of the, Taluk Board of Tirutturaippundi There was, a meeting of the Board on the 6th September 1923, and they attended it. On the 19th September there was another meeting. They failed to attend it. On the 17th October there was a meeting and the petitioners were again absent. In November no meeting was convened. On the l9th December there was a meeting at which they failed to be present. On the 17th January 1924, a meeting was convened , and the petitioners attended it. The question that we have to decide is : Did the petitioners cease to hold office by reason of the fact that they failed for three consecutive months to attend the meetings of the Local Board ?2. Section 56(1)(h), so far as it is relevant to the present point, reads thus:Subject to the provisions of Section 57, a member of a Local Board shall cease to hold his office, if he(h) fails for three con...