FARAD FARAD FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. CONTINUATION SHEET NO. CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE. APPELLATE SIDE. APPELLATE SIDE. WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 4678 OF 200 PETITION NO. 4678 OF 200 PETITION NO. 4678 OF 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- Office Notes, Office Memorada Court‘s or Judge‘s orders or directions and Orders. Registrar‘s orders. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shri R.S. Datar for the petitioner Shri P.P.Kakade AGP for Respdt. CORAM; CORAM; CORAM; V.G.PALSHIKAR Acg.C.J.& V.G.PALSHIKAR Acg.C.J.& V.G.PALSHIKAR Acg.C.J.& V.M.KANADE, V.M.KANADE, V.M.KANADE, J. J. J. DTAED: DTAED: DTAED: 20TH JULY, 2006 20TH JULY, 2006 20TH JULY, 2006. P.C. 1. By this petition, the petitioner has challenged the communication issued by the Collector directing holding of election to the post of sarpanch in accordance with the provisions of Bombay Village Panchayat Act 1958. 2. The contention is that under the reservation policy, two seats are reserved for backward class women and one of them is vacant. The entire Panchayat is therefore not fully constituted. Post of sarpanch is also reserved for woman and therefore there is possibility of a woman candidate desirous of contesting the election for panch posts, who would be denied the opportunity of contesting the election for sarpanch in the event of her succeeding to be a panch. 3. It is also the contention that the words "elected members" occured in section 30(1) should be read as "elected members". So read the sarpanch election cannot take place. Therefore direction issued by the Collector is liable to be quashed. 4. We are unable to accept the submission for the reason that the language of section 30 is very clear and sub section(2) of section 30 clearly mandates that the election of sarpanch is held in the first meeting of panchayat after such election. In such situation, there is no reason to interfere. Petition is rejected. ...