IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7107 of 2009 Bihar Rajya Sarpanch Mahasangh Versus Election Commission Of India & Ors ---------------------------------- 03. 06.09.2011 None appears for the petitioner, however Mr. J.P. Karan learned counsel for the State Election Commissioner is present and submits that similar issue was disposed off by the Division Bench of this Court in following terms:- “Whether Sarpanch and Panch, who are functionaries in the Gram Katchari, the judicial wing of Gram Panchayat, can claim separate voting right is a complex question which needs to be addressed by the Parliament. The Gram Panchayat being the local authority to which Sarpanch and Panch may also claim to belong in difference capacities, has already been included among the other local authorities and entitled to vote for electing Members of Legislative council for local bodies constituency. In our view, the issue raised on behalf of the petitioners is primarily for consideration by the Legislature and the law makers and not for the Court and does not qualify as a Public Interest Litigation.” The application is dismissed for non- prosecution. Shageer (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)