(1.) The question referred to this Full Bench is:--
(2.) Section 102 of the Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952, as applicable to the State of Haryana and as amended up to date (hereinafter called the Act) reads as follows:-
(3.) The argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that S. 95 (1) is liable to be struck down as being in-valid and inoperative because:-