HC denies stay on panchayat polls, admits plea on reservation
Jodhpur, Oct. 18 -- The Rajasthan high court has refused to stay the ongoing panchayat election process while admitting a special appeal challenging the dismissal of a writ petition against the reservation of wards and the sarpanch post in Gram Panchayat Majiwala in Balotra district.
A bench of chief justice Sanjay K Agrawal and justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu said it did not wish to interfere with the election process in a manner that could hinder it. However, considering the legal grounds raised over the maintainability of the writ petition, the court in its October 15 order admitted the appeal for hearing.
"The Court is not inclined to interfere with the election process so as to hinder it," the bench observed while dismissing the application seeking an interim stay. The matter has been listed for hearing after six weeks.
The appeal was filed by Kanti Lal against a single-judge order dated October 9, which dismissed his writ petition as not maintainable in view of Article 243-O of the Constitution. The petitioner challenged the reservation of wards and the sarpanch post in Gram Panchayat Majiwala for SC and ST candidates. He claimed only 14 voters belonged to the reserved categories and alleged that the population figures used for reservation were fabricated....
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