1. The petitioner before this Court is an elected “Gram Pradhan” of Village Dariyapur, Dayalpur Block, Tehsil Bhagwanpur, District Haridwar. She is aggrieved by the order dated 26.08.2017, passed by the District Panchayat Raj Officer, (from hereinafter referred to as the “DPRO”), District Haridwar. The DPRO on an application moved before him for bringing a no-confidence motion against the petitioner, signed by more than 1/4th of the members of the “Gram Sabha”, has called for a meeting to discuss this no-confidence motion against the petitioner, vide his order dated 26.08.2017. The meeting is scheduled to take place on 10.09.2017, at 8.00 A.M. at Primary School, Dariyapur, Dayalpur, Block Bhagwanpur.

2. The petitioner has challenged the order of DPRO as well as the entire procedure adopted against her on grounds that this is in violation of Section 18 of the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (from hereinafter referred to as the “Act”). According to the petitioner, the provision has not been complied with inasmuch as though it was mandatory for the DPRO to have first reached a satisfaction that the application for no-confidence motion bears “genuine signatures” of not le