On Friday, panchayat authorities had convened a meeting to discuss the motion, where all the four panchas who moved the motion were present and voted out Saraf. Besides, a fifth member Sujal Revodkar was also present but did not vote. Sarpanch Saraf and panch Datta Morajkar did not attend the meeting. Suryajirao Rane from Bicholim BDO was the presiding officer, who declared motion passed by 4-0 votes.