IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No 618 of 1997 For Approval and Signature: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.S.JHAVERI ============================================================ 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed : NO to see the judgements? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? : NO 3. Whether Their Lordships wish to see the fair copy : NO of the judgement? 4. Whether this case involves a substantial question : NO of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India, 1950 of any Order made thereunder? 5. Whether it is to be circulated to the concerned : NO Magistrate/Magistrates,Judge/Judges,Tribunal/Tribunals? -------------------------------------------------------------- BIPINSINH RANJITSINH RAOL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: 1. Special Civil Application No. 618 of 1997 MR TUSHAR MEHTA for Petitioner No. 1 MS MANISHA SHAH A.G.P. for Respondent No. 1-2 NOTICE SERVED for Respondent No. 3 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.S.JHAVERI Date of decision: 20/12/2004 ORAL JUDGEMENT 1. The petitioner has by way of this petition prayed that the respondents be restrained from holding election of Chairperson of respondent no. 3. 2. Having gone through the record of the petition, it appears that the State Government has come out with Gujarat Village Panchayats Election of Sarpanch (Manner of Allotment of Reserved Offices of Sarpanch by Rotation) Rules, 1994 and even otherwise, the term of the petitioner for the panchayat is over. 3. In that view of the matter, the petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of as having become infructuous. Rule is discharged with no order as to costs. Interim relief if any, stands vacated. [K.S. JHAVERI, J.] /phalguni/