The decision to disqualify Naik was taken by the committee under the Caste Certificate Act 2000, which allows a competent authority to declare the councillor as invalid for providing fake caste certificates. Rafiq Shaikh from Congress party had complaint about the corporator fake cast certificates. Following which the Konkan commission took cognisance of the issue and issued an order to the corporator to provide original documents. Since the sitting corporator Naik was unable to prove the allegations made against him as false, has to face the disqualification.