A. D. V. REDDY, J. ,, J.

( 1 ) 1. This is an appeal against the order of our learned brother parthasarathi, J. , in W. P. No 8669 of 1970 allowing the petition under article 226 of the Constitution and setting aside the election of the president and Vice-President as well as the co-option of some of the members of the Guduru Panchayat Samithi at the meeting held on 18-7-1970.

( 2 ) AFTER the Governor of Andhra Pradesh bv his order amended the Gram Panchayats Act and the Panchayat Samithis and Zilla parishads Act, providing inter-alia that in respect of the Panchayats and panchayat Sarnithis in scheduled areas persons belonging to the Scheduled tribes alone shall be eligible for election to the offices of President and vice-President, the election to the Gram Panchayat held in contravention of that order came to be challenged in the High Court in w. P. No. 3319 of 1970 and by the order dated 17th July 1970 those elections were set aside. On the following day i. e. 18th July 1970 at the special meeting of the Gudur Panchayat Samithi the co-option of members and election of the President and Vice-President took place. These were challenged in the writ petition, which is the subject mat

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