WP 5777 of 10 1 SSK/14 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5777 OF 2010 Rajashree Shrikrishna Geete ....Petitioner Versus The Tahsildar & Ors. ...Respondent Mr. Anilkumar Patil, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S. D. Rairikar, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 & 4. CORAM : R. V. MORE, J. DATED :28th JULY, 2010. P.C.: Heard Mr. Patil, learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. Rairikar, learned AGP for the Respondent Nos. 1 & 4. 2. The petition pertains to reservation for the post of Sarpancha to Village Panchayat Jaygaon. In the last election which was held in the year 2005, the said post was reserved for OBC category and in the ensuing election, same is reserved for ST category. The grievance of the Petitioner is that the said post is never given to Women (General) category. I have perused the notification dated 29th April, 2010 under which the post of Sarpancha of various Grampanchayats in Sinner Taluka are reserved. Total population of the Village-Jaygaon as per census of 2001 is 1317. The WP 5777 of 10 2 SSK/14 population of Schedule Tribe is 179, therefore, the percentage of Schedule Tribe population is 13.59%. Reservations for the post of Sarpancha are governed by Bombay Village Panchayat(Sarpancha & Upasarpancha) Election Rules, 1964. Under the rules, the post of Sarpancha under SC and ST category are required to be reserved taking into consideration the population of the said category. Having perused the notification, I am satisfied that reservation for the post of Sarpancha of Village – Jaygaon is rightly reserved for ST category. I do not find any merit in the petition and therefore, same is dismissed as such. (R. V. MORE, J.)