JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an appeal against the judgment of our learned brother, Gopalrao Ekbote, J. , dismissing a Writ Petition filed by the appellant challenging a notification of the Delimitation Commission issued under Section 10 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962. It appears that three seats had to be reserved for the Nellore District, and the question that the Delimitation Commission had to decide was as to which of the constituencies these seats have to be allotted or assigned. Prior to the present delimitation, it is stated that Gudur, Sulurpet, and Venkatagiri each had one reserved seat for scheduled castes. This time, the Delimitation Commission instead of assigning or allotting one reserved seat to Gudur, has allotted the same to Sarvepalli, which has a general population of 1,33,140 and a scheduled castes population of 30,483 while Gudur has a general population of 1,27,566 and a scheduled castes population of 32, 481. The challenge is with regard to this change in the allotment of the reserved seat to Sarvepalli in preference to Gudur which admittedly has a slightly higher proportion of scheduled castes population compared to the general population. We

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