Village Rampura falls in Block Verka (District Amritsar) which consists of 94 villages, including village Hair. As per notification issued under Section 10 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act'), Gram Panchayat of Village Rampura consists of seven Members (Panches). Vide notification dated 12.2.2008 issued under Section 11 of the Act, out of seven seats of Panches, two seats were reserved for General Category, one seat for Scheduled Caste (Woman), three seats for Scheduled Castes and one seat for Woman. Vide notification dated 8.5.2008 issued by the Deputy Commissioner (as published in the Punjab Government Gazette dated 14.5.2008), the Offices of Sarpanches of all the 94 villages of Block Verka were reserved for different categories for block-wise as per the provisions of Section 12 of the Act read with Rule 3 of the Punjab Reservation for the Offices of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats and Chairman and Vice Chairmen of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads Rules, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules'). As per this notification, the office of Sarpanch of village Rampura, Block Verka has been reserved for the category of Women' and the office of Sarpanch of village Hair was reserved for the category of Scheduled Caste'. Thereafter, the election of the Gram Panchayat of village Rampura was held on 26.5.2008. The six petitioners along with one Lat Singh were elected as Panches of the Gram Panchayat.
