SANT RAM SHARMA Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Issue

(2.) The constitutional challenge to the validity of the Rules of 2015 would fall for consideration only if Article 243-O is held not to bar this Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 226 from considering such a challenge. The election process for holding elections to gram panchayats in the State of Uttar Pradesh is yet to commence and hence the bar under clause (b) of Article 243-O is not yet attracted.

(3.) The controversy in the present case, turns upon interpretation of the provisions of Article 243D, which are as follows: