S. B. SINHA, C. J.

( 1 ) THE above five writ petitions, although couched in different forms and seeking different reliefs filed by different persons, aim at cancellation/stay of panchayat elections the process whereof as directed by the Apex Court as also this Court must be concluded by 31-7-2001.

( 2 ) A. P. State Sarpanchas Assocation, Pilli Lakshmi Sailaja I, S. V. Seshamma, D. M. Varaprasad Rao and Lambadi Hakkula Porata Samithi are the petitioners in these writ petitions respectively.

( 3 ) WRIT Petition No. 9857 of 2001 (for short the first writ petition ) raises the question as to whether the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (for short the Act ) purporting to have been enacted in terms of Part IX of the Constitution inserted by reason of the Constitution (Seventy Third) Amendment Act, 1992 should be given effect to as it does not conform in letter and spirit thereon. Writ Petition No. 9862 of 2001 (for short the second writ petition ) raises the question as to whether the State has constitutional compulsion to enumerate the backward classes population in the State although the prayer made therein is confined only to issue a writ in the nature of mandam

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