P.N. Ravindran, J.

The first petitioner is a resident of Ward No.27 of Tripunithura Municipality. He is also the Councillor representing Ward No.27 of Tripunithura Municipality. Ward No.27 was an unreserved constituency during the elections held in the year 2005. It is stated that the first petitioner intends to contest the ensuing elections from the same constituency, which is presently Ward No.39. The second petitioner is a member of a scheduled caste community (Pulaya) and a resident of Ward No.8 of Tripunithura Municipality.

2. In this writ petition, petitioners challenge Ext.P6 proceedings issued by the Regional Joint Director of Urban Affairs, Kochi, by which the said authority rejected the objections raised by the first petitioner to allotment/reservation of seats in favour of scheduled caste candidates including women candidates under the provisions of Article 243(T) of the Constitution of India read with Sections 6(9) and 69 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994. The petitioners state that during the elections held in the year 2005, Tripunithura Municipality consisted of 51 constituencies of which 15 seats were reserved for women candidates, 6 seats were reserved fo