State Act
Section 41-A
22[Art. 41-A— In case,— (a) any component has filed or files a legal proceeding to claim any right in land of, or ownership of which is claimed by, the Comunidade; or (b) a Comunidade has filed a legal proceeding against any component for encroachment done, or illegal construction carried out, by him on the land of Comunidade or for right of title to land claimed by the Comunidade and such component has been declared by an order of any legal forum to have encroached upon land of a Comunidade or carried out any illegal construction on Comunidade land,— (i) a component referred at (a) above shall not be eligible to contest election to any post in the managing committee of such Comunidade and in case he is holding any post in the managing committee, he shall cease to be member and from the date of filing of such legal proceeding he shall be deemed to have vacated his office. (ii) a component referred at (b) above shall be permanently barred from contesting election to, or holding, any post in the managing committee of any Comunidade. If such component is holding any post in the managing committee, from the date of such order he shall, cease to be a member and, deemed to have vacated his office. Any stay order or interim relief in pending appeal or revision or writ petition, in respect of the issue of ownership of land or encroachment or illegal construction, as the case may be, as referred above that may be obtained by the component, shall not entitle him to contest the election to the managing committee of any Comunidade.].