IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14098 of 2009 1. RAMANAND RAM S/O FAKIR RAM VILL-DADHIYA, RAM KRISHNPUR, P.S- SAMASTIPUR, MUFFASIL, DISTT- SAMASTIPUR………….petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE SECRETARY PANCHAYATI RAJ, BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE LAW SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA……….respondents ----------- 2 05-11-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Provision for reservation of seats in respect of election to the post of Mukhiyas provided u/s 15 (5) of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 has been challenged by the petitioner on the ground that post of Mukhiya is a single post so far as residents of Gram Panchayat are concerned and hence, reservation of a single post is contrary to well established principles of no reservation of a single post. On behalf of the State it has been submitted that in past also challenge to such reservation has been repelled by this court. It was further submitted that the concept of such reservation is not new and even for the post of M.L.As. reservations are provided on the basis of total number of seats within the State but in the present Act the total seats of Mukhiyas for the purpose of reservation is required to be considered in respect of every Panchayat Samiti. We find that the plea raised by the petitioner that reservation for the post of Mukhiya violates the principle of no reservation of a single post is not tenable in view of well 2 established law in respect of reservation of seats for M.L.As., M.Ps. as well as in respect of posts in the Gram Panchayat. The writ petition is dismissed as one without merits. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)