Respondent candidates have filed a four-volume nominating petition in their attempt to become candidates of the Independent Citizens of Guilderland Party for town office in the Town of Guilderland. The pages of the first volume of the petition were numbered 1 through 25; the second volume 26 through 50; the third volume 51 through 75; and the fourth volume 76 through 98. Petitioner has challenged the nominating petition on the ground that the pagination of each of the four volumes should have begun with a page marked 1 and been numbered consecutively therefrom. A review of the relevant statutory provisions of the Election Law supports petitioner's position. Section 6-134 (subd 2) of the Election Law clearly states: "Sheets of a designating petition shall be bound together in one or more volumes. The sheets in each volume shall be numbered consecutively at the foot of each sheet, beginning with number one" (emphasis added). The Court of Appeals has declared that there must be strict compliance with content requirements contained in section 6-134 (subd 2) of the Election Law ( Matter of Hutson v Bass, 54 N.Y.2d 772), and the numbering requirements have been held to be mandatory ( Matter of Frawley v Regan, 77 A.D.2d 937; Matter of Pabian v McNab, 9 Misc.2d 995, affd 4 A.D.2d 834, affd 3 N.Y.2d 888). Accordingly, we can reach no other conclusion than that it was error for Trial Term to dismiss petitioner's challenge to the nominating petition. The judgment must be reversed and the petition granted. Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs, petition granted, and nominating petition declared invalid. Mahoney, P.J., Sweeney, Casey, Yesawich, Jr., and Levine, JJ., concur.