Case Note & Summary
The intra-court appeals were filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent Act challenging the order dated 11.04.2023 passed in W.P.No.19308 of 2021. The writ petition was instituted by P.Baskar, who challenged G.O.Ms.No.106, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-1) Department dated 03.09.2021, insofar as it related to the allotment of Kolathur Panchayat President post to the 'ST General' category. The petitioner sought a direction to allot the post to another eligible reserved category. The facts were not in dispute; as per the government order, the Kolathur Panchayat President post had been reserved for 'ST General'. Two separate appeals were filed: W.A.No.2563 of 2024 by E.Harikrishnan (a third party) and W.A.No.895 of 2024 by the State Government and its authorities. Both appeals came up for hearing before a Division Bench of the High Court. The matter involved the validity of reservation of a panchayat president post under a government order. The court heard submissions from both sides, but the judgment text was incomplete, and the final outcome and reasoning were not available in the provided excerpt.
Issue of Consideration
Whether the reservation of Kolathur Panchayat President post for 'ST General' category under G.O.Ms.No.106 dated 03.09.2021 is lawful
