TN TW 9TH CYJRP ‘) RkKk T Gtf)RE DTWD THIS THE 30TH DY 0? JUNE 19B THE HON’3LE MRJtJSPICE 1396/1998 Smt,B.Nirtnalamma, w/o B.Basavarjapoa, 8ged about 35 years, r/at Baaveswira Badavane Nandagudi Road, ?4alebennur post, t4arihara tluk Davanagere district. ..PETTTIDNER (By Sri K.Ngesw8raopa, v.) 1, State of Karnataka represented by its Secretary to Deoartment of Rural Development & Panchayath Ra 1 M, S.Building, Banqalore—560 001, 2. State Election Commissioner, rersented by its Secretrv, KSCM’ Building(Behind), No.B, I Ploor, Cunningham Road, Banglore—560 052, 4 —2— 3. Davanagere District Zilla Panchayath, Davanaqere DistrIct, Davangere by its Chief SecretRry. 4, L,Shankar Nayak, s/o H,B,Laxrnari, aged 43 years 1 griculturist 1 mnber, Zilla panchayath Davinagere district and nat Hulikatte, Davanagere taluk Sc District. mended As per c/o dt,12.6,9 RESPONDENTS (By Sri .Nagarajapoa, G for R—1 Sc R—2, Sri .Lakshminarayana, ‘dv. for R—4) This writ petition is filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the constitution of In-ia with a orayer to quash Annex,A dt.6.4.98 by R—2 in so far as it rlates to the reservition of the oosts of vice—president t Davnagere ‘distnict-Zilla panchayath, Davnagere and etc. This writ petition coming on for prly, hearing in B group t’iis day 1 the court made the following: - ORDER The Detjtjoner in this writ Detition has challenged the reservation of post of Upadhyaksha for Sc in resoect of Davanarere District. Tn the statement of objections it is stated that the post of Uoadhyaksha in respect of Dawinaqere district has been reserved —3— to the SC on the basis of the total ooulation of SC in the Davanagere District. The Darticulars of the pooulation in respect of seven newly constituted Zilla Panchayaths have been furnished at para no.14 of the statement of objctions. Earlier the post of Unadhyaksha was reserved for BC—B(Women) by mistake. Thereafter this mistake was rectified by issuing another notification reserving the post of Upadhyaksha to SC on the basis of the oercentage of por,ulation, Therefore I find no illegality or irregularity in reserving the oost of tlpadhyaksha in respect of Davanagere District for SC. In the result, I pass the following order: Writ petition is rejected, In view of this the respondent—State Government may take immediate steps to fill io the ost of Uoadhyaksha as oer the reservation made. Sd/ JUDGE SR