ORDER :

W.P. (C) No. 234 of 2022

1. At the request of Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhary, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No. 6, delinked. List this matter tomorrow, i.e. 05.05.2022.

Rest of the cases

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

3. These petitions have questioned the Constitutional validity of the Sections 2, 3, 4(1) (a) and 5 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act and Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats, Industrial Townships Act (Amendment) Act, 2022, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayat and the Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti (Amendment Act), 2022 and Section 2 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022.

4. The thrust of the challenge is that under the constitutional scheme, the authority regarding delimitation ought to be with the State Election Commission. That has been taken away owing to the coming into force of the Amendment Acts with effect from 11.03.2022.

5. As regards this main question, deeper examination may be necessary for which these petitions must proceed for further hearing.

6. However, we called upon the learned counsel for the Maharashtra