Jayant M. Patel, J.

1. The petitioner No. 1, who is the Vice-President of Gandhinagar District Panchayat and petitioner No. 2, who is the Voter of Taluka Panchayat of Umrala in Bhavnagar District, have approached this Court by preferring this petition, inter alia, for the relief to declare the provisions of Clause (3) of Ordinance No. 2 of 2015 promulgated by the Governor of Gujarat as ultra vires Article 243E of the Constitution of India. Thereafter, additional prayers have been added by the draft amendment declaring Clauses (3), (4) and (5) of Ordinance No. 3 of 2015 promulgated by the Governor of Gujarat as ultra vires Article243E and Article 243U(3) of the Constitution of India. The petitioners have also prayed to issue appropriate writ of mandamus, directing the State Election Commission to declare the date of holding elections of Panchayats in the State of Gujarat forthwith in due compliance of the constitutional obligation flowing from Article 243E of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of Section 13 of the Gujarat Panchayats Act (hereinafter re