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29. The only issue, therefore, that remains for Patna High Court CWJC No.6170 of 2022 dt.22-06-2022 consideration, is whether the second requisition dated 13-04-2022, is maintainable and can be made the basis of convening a special meeting for bringing about 'No Confidence Motion' against the petitioner ('Chief Councillor'). In this connection, this Court would observe that the Amendment Act of 2022 has re-enacted the provision for removal of indirectly elected 'Chief Councillor', based on no-confidence motion, but with a different numbering of the sub-section, namely, Section 25(3), instead of Section 25(4) as it existed in the Act of 2007, prior to the Amendment Ordinance of 2022. The substantial statutory right of the 'Councillors' to make a requisition for convening a special meeting for removal of 'Chief Councillor'/ Deputy Chief Councillor' indirectly elected under the Act of 2007, therefore, again came to exist in the Statute w.e.f. 02-04- 2022, by virtue of the Act of 2022. The second requisition was made 12 days thereafter. Therefore, this Court would observe that there was a statutory basis for making the second requisition dated 13-04-2022.