(1.) :- The bunch of Special Appeals is directed against the order of learned Single Judge dated 16th Feb., 2006 passed in S.B.Civil Writ Petition Nos.4101/2005, 2235/2005, 2282/2005, 2276/2005, 2013/2005, 3400/2005, 2277/2005, 4100/2005, 2278/2005, 2275/2005 and 2181/2005, dismissing the writ petitions filed by the appellant-writ petitioners.
(2.) We have heard learned counsel for the parties. Carefully gone through the order impugned as also the material available on record.
(3.) For convenience, the facts of D.B.Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No.288/2006;Dhan Raj Meena Vs. State of Raj. & Ors. are taken as a leading case. The appellant-writ petitioners, by the writ petitions aforesaid challenged the validity of sub-rule (3)of Rule 266 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996 (for short "the Rules" hereinafter). The Rule 266 of the Rules reads as under:-