PILs challenging reservation in panchayat turned down

Patna, May 19 (UNI) Patna High Court today dismissed the PIL challenging reservation in the single post of Panchayat given by the state government of Bihar.

The full bench of the court comprising Justice R N Prasad, Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice S N Hussain delivered the judgement and justified the decision of the state government for providing reservation in the single posts of Panchayat.

The court had completed the hearing in the matter a fortnight ago and had reserved its judgement.

Earlier, the validity of the Bihar Raj Panchayat Act-2006 had been challenged by several petitioners, who had filed PIL petitions separately.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had made a provision for reservation on the single posts of Panchayat in January this year. A related bill was also passed in the budget session of the House and the ongoing panchayat elections were being held in accordance with the new reservation policy.

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