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14. Culling out the principles laid down in this Judgment, every Appellate or Revisional Court considering a challenge to the decision of declaration of disqualification would always have the power to grant an order staying the operation of the decision or disqualification, and while doing so, would give due prima facie consideration to the facts of the case and the manner in which the Court that has rendered the decision considered the case. Amongst these various considerations would be the findings arrived at in the decision, and broadly the material which was before that 7th August, 2025 WP 321.2025 forum to arrive at the decision. The higher forum would also have to consider the effect and consequence of grant of stay of a decision of disqualification, in the present case, considering the effect of the decision, which may cause vacancy of the member's seat and may cause a paralysis in the functioning of the Panchayat. It is in this light, that on the basis of the principles laid down in Indira Nehru Gandhi (supra), that the District Court would have to decide whether an order of stay was necessary or justified, and if necessary, whether restrictions should be imposed on the disqualified member in his functioning, during the pendency of the proceeding in the higher forum.