Bhupendra Pratap Singh Rathore vs State of Rajasthan

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2014 Supreme(Raj) 498

AJAY RASTOGI, J.K.RANKA
Bhupendra Pratap Singh Rathore – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
Mr.R.P.Singh, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr.S.K.Saini, Mr.Anoop Dhand, Mr.Tanveer
Ahmed, Mr.Rakesh Kala, Mr.Vijay Pathak, Mr.Hanuman Choudhary, Mr.Laxmikant,
Mr.Achintya Kaushik, Mr.S.S.Hora, Mr.Swaraj Panwar, Mr.Vijay Sharma, Mr.Mahendra
Sharma, Mr.R.A.Katta, Mr.Sunil Kumar Singodia, Mr.Deepak Asopa, Mr.Rajendra Soni,
Mr.J.K.Yadav, Mr.Ajay Gupta, Mrs.Naina Saraf, Mr.Sanjay Verma, Mr.Naveen Dhuwan,
Mr.V.S.Badhwar, Ms.Gayatari Rathore, Mr.I.R.Saini, Mr.S.S.Ola, Mr.P.K.Sharma,
Mr.Lokendra Singh Shekhawat, Mr.Ravi Kumar Kasliwal, Mr.Harendra Singh Sinsinwar,
Mr.Sanjay Buri, Mr.Rajeev Sogarwal, Mr.C.M.Verma, Mr.Mahesh Gupta, Mr.Suresh Kumar Pareek, Mr.Arvind Bhardwaj, Mr.Madhav Mitra, Mr.S.K.Jain, Mr.P.C.Devanda, Mr.Anil Gupta, Mr.Gajendra Singh Rathore, Mr.Praveen Sharma, Mr.Manish Gupta, Mr.Rajendra Prasad Sharma, Mr.Karan Pal Singh, Mr.M.I.Khan, Mr.Rakesh Kumar, Mr.Ramavatar Bochlya, Mr.S.Khan, Mr.Sanjay Mehrishi, Mr.Amit Jindal, Mr.Gaurav Gupta, Mr.S.S.Shekhawat, Mr.S.K.Mahala, Mr.D.D.Khandelwal, Dr.M.S.Kachhawa, Mr.Vivek Choudhary, Mr.J.R.Tantia,
Counsel for respondents:
Mr.Anurag Sharma, Addl.Advocate General for State. Mr.R.B.Mathur & Mr.R.P.Garg,
Advocates.

JUDGMENT :

Ajay Rastogi,J

Instant bunch of writ petitions involves a common issue and question of law, therefore, are being considered and decided by this common order.

In this bunch of writ petitions, the petitioners have primarily called in question constitution/reconstitution/delimitation of the respective Panchayat areas; formation of Panchayati Raj Institutions; change of headquarters of Gram Panchayats; and amalgamation & alteration of respective Panchayat areas on the ground that such action/steps have been taken in contravention of the guidelines issued by the State of Rajasthan, Department of Panchayati Raj and the circulars issued by the State Government u/S.101 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 dt.11.07.2014 read with dt.21.07.2014 & dt.12.09.2014, have not been complied with in true spirit and after going through the procedure provided under the scheme of Act, 1994 and the process of constitution/reconstitution/delimitation of the Panchayati Raj Institutions being finalized by the State Government, the Notification issued u/S.101 of the Act, 1994 and published in the official gazette dt.05.11.2014 is constitutionally invalid and deserves to be quashed and set asi

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2014 Supreme(Raj) 498

AJAY RASTOGI, J.K.RANKABhupendra Pratap Singh Rathore – AppellantVersusState of Rajasthan – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

AJAY RASTOGI, J.K.RANKA
Bhupendra Pratap Singh Rathore – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent