MINASINGH MAJHI Vs. COLLECTOR, NUAPADA & ANR ETC.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) We have heard the learned counsels for the parties and perused the relevant material.

(2.) The challenge in the present appeal is to an order of the High Court of Orissa by which the appellant an elected Sarpanch has been disqualified on the ground that after he had become a Sarpanch, he had begotten a third child which attracts disqualification under Section 25(1)(v) read with sub-Section (2) of the Orissa Gram Panchayats Act, 1965 (for short, 'the Orissa Act').

(3.) The provisions contained in Section 25(1) (v) and (2) are set out hereunder for a clear understanding of the issues arising in the case.