EKBOTE, J.

( 1 ) A short but important question which is raised in both these writ petitions is whether the Election Tribunal constituted under the Andhra pradesh Gram Panchayats Act (hereinafter called the Act) can enquire into the age of a candidate in order to find out whether he was qualified to stand as a candidate on the date of nomination. It is argued by the learned Advocate for the petitioner that for the pur. poses of election under the Act the Assembly electoral rolls are adopted as the basis, that such draft electoral rolls are published and thirty days time is given for any objections. The final electoral roll, however could incorporate only such alterations or amendments as are necessary for the purposes of bringing it into accord with the electoral roll for the relevant Assembly constituency as it stands on the date of the expiry of the said thirty days. According to section 14 of the Act, the final electoral roll thus published shall be the electoral roll for the Gram Panchayat which shall be divided into as many parts as there are constituencies. Every person whose name appears in the part of the electoral roll relating to a constituency, subject to the other prov