This PIL challenging Zilla Parishad constituency reservation is disposed of due to the passage of time regarding the 2002 elections. The Court explicitly states no adjudication was made on the merits. Rule discharged.
Rule discharged with no order as to costs; no adjudication on merits.
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206-pil-3-02
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Ladda
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No.3 of 2002.
Shri Ramchandra Baburao Kachare & Anr … Petitioners
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra and others
None for the Petitioners. Mr V.S. Gokhale, AGP for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 3.
CORAM : A.S. OKA & A.S.CHANDURKAR, JJ. DATE : 25th June 2014.
P.C.
in the petition. The challenge in the petition is to the order dated 18th December, 2001 passed by the District Collector. The petitioners raised an objection to reservation of the Vadanage constituency for backward classes for the ensuing election of the Zilla Parishad. The petition discloses that elections were to be held in the year 2002.
(A.S.CHANDURKAR, J) ( A.S. OKA, J )
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the PIL regarding reservation of a Zilla Parishad constituency for backward classes survives after the passage of time pending 2002 elections.
Whether a ruling on the reservation challenge can be made when the petition is disposed of as time-barred.
Shri Ramchandra Baburao Kachare & Anr
The State of Maharashtra
A.S. Oka
A.S. Chandurkar
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
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