taking place in the administration of Local Self Government Institutions, and according to him, that is against the letter and spirit of the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution of India. However, we are of the view, the corruption, if any takes place is not because of the political parties contesting the election at the grass root level, but it is due to the attitude and perception of the individual contesting the election and succeeding in it, and therefore, there is no basis for such a contention. The democratic set up in the governance of the political institutions in the country is a larger concept intended for the betterment, welfare and organised life of the citizens, and the principles enshrined in democracy can be achieved only by dedication, sincerity, integrity and untiring and selfless devotion of the public men. So much so, the political party based elections up to the grass root level is very closely attached to the human mind and it is so interlinked with the life of the Indian citizens making it difficult to extricate and delink the political parties from the governance of the local Self Government Institutions. Moreover, the theory propounded by the writ petitioner as that of a no opposition governance in the Local Self Government Institutions is a concept visualised and developed by him, which in our view is alien to a Democratic polity, and therefore a constitutional court functioning in a Democratic State is not expected to legislate by resourcing power from the blues. That said, legislation is
