Smt Sangeeta v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
No-confidence motion against Adhyaksha/President of Gram Panchayat Atanoor (Tq. Afzalpur, Dist. Kalaburagi); Rule 3(1) of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Motion of No-Confidence against Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Grama Panchayat) Rules, 1994; requisition dated 19.03.2025 and signatures of two members named on top; service of Assistant Commissioner's notice dated 26.03.2025 by affixture and WhatsApp; writ appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act against interim order dated 08.04.2025 in WP No.201053/2025; appeal rejected; Karnataka High Court, Kalaburagi Bench, Division Bench, 09.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
There is full compliance of the requirement of Rule 3(1) of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Motion of No-Confidence against Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Grama Panchayat) Rules, 1994, since the Assistant Commissioner wrote two names on top of the requisition dated 19.03.2025 and those two members have signed the requisition.