i%B''E''.:i;'ia.^-s*s"ssi''^s?s.'?s'ffit?:BS'a^ai9 <3 - ^/ 'c^ IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COUR'T~ OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETTITION N0. 2-37^ / 2002 PETITIONER Lakhanlal, son of Shri Sukalu das, aged about 40 years, post-Acting Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Agrikala, Tah. and District- Kawardha (CG) VER S U S RESPONDENTS /-'.••' .l<t° ^\»<1°'.-<\5 ''.-•"' ri^'' .^'^'3.1-^w .^- ^^^'^ c-<~- y p State of Chhatisgarh, through : \The Secretaiy, Department of Panchayat Mantralaya, D.K,S, Bhawan, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). 2) Chief Executive Officer, Gram Panchayat Dudhiya, Tah. Kawardha, Distt. Kawardha, C.G. 3) District Collector, Distt. Kawardha. Chhatitsgarh. 4) Returning Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Kawardha, Distt. Kawardha, Chhattisgarh. WRIT PETITION UNDER_AR-nCLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. XIJiC-22 sn^iqn •lij-ii'* sn^i %i^W ^l^t ^^ '^IFtRPI, d-dlti)lt»,fttctiuy <^s--{ HWWI <()t||c*l ^a-2-3'?S/0^_ "ff'I. 200 3II^l?51WHfet DB: Hoalito JnUee K.H. a. fc Hon'btei Jiwtlce fc. C.BIilrioo, J. is/io/aoos Ptetitioner by Sint Renu I^ocher, Advocate. Respoadents No, 1 aad Advocate GeneraL By fhfa writ petitfon Ccuistitutkai <rf todia Chbattisgarh Pancliayat Raj A' "41^1^14l;i *ii+i<^'^ fe^ •(.Pn+^K ^siptiirsn^i KlUMUBgn, CJ. 3 by Shri Siuiil Sinlia, Additional imder Articfes 226/227 of the I«tituaoer bss chaUei^ed fhe coiistttuttoBal-walidityi aad?the(;wr^ <^SectiGni36-^^t^ of thc "?;.i?'i (am Gram Swaraj Adhmwam, 1993 (for short Ihe Adlunjyam) whicti teys down that no persoa shaUbe eligiblc to bc an officc-bcarer of fhc Panchayat wtw has moic thai two living childnsn onc of whc^ni fe bona on or afer 26ft' day of January, 2001. 'Hic chantaig& ^ tihc rfwvc elauac docs not sumwc ia view ofthe law laid down by t^ie Hon'bte Apex Court in the caae of -Sw: l Jawed aad othew V».lEttate of Hayna nad otliw *epo*taA la /'' • t " • ' . "'': 2003 AIR SCW 3898 aad also jin view of ttie ordcr passed.by thte _<K . •• ••• • ^. J..-' •<! ^: • •- - • • Court in the case of Yash'^aut Kianar Sahn V». State ot ::-iv--- • • • ' CUwttiaguh and another pa^t^d ia llhtt PeUtifta •o. 463 o( 2<K»2dated l2fb September, 20C3. XI-.HC-22 iSS r an^r^il f';iR;31li!fI a-.TiN? ^fftcT '3-5? -<<l<(IQ1<i, aril'M'IS, 'itCII'My ^.^•^to.-2-3~» 111CTI %*i|cb Iq^T' 311^1'^IIWtto Thc pctitioner has also ch^UcngEd tfic show causc noticc dt 18/21-10-2002 issued by tfae ColBector, Kawaxdha. In vacw of the above ther^ petitioncr, the saxne is liable to However, tbc petitioner shaU be Sd/- Chiefjustice ^rafci'4lT1 tTTR^ff ^ 'fe^ •(.F'l-^K ^aiRCT.SII^T is no force in the petitioa of the be (lismissed and it is disnussed. at Vberty to ffle appeal before the Director of Paachayat on the fa.cjtual aspects. Tfae petitk>ner will be entitted to fhe benefit of the iBaijEatitm fcr the tnne speat by him in Utigating before thls Courtia difaiwritpiocccdtog. The parties are entitted for ^ertified copy ofthte cader. Sd/- L.C. Bhado Judge