The main challenge in the writ petition was to the validity of certain rules framed by the State of Tripura under and in pursuance of the Tripura Panchayats Act, 1993.
Gram Panchayats are companystituted for Grams villages, Panchayat Samities at the block level and Zilla Parishads at the district level.
the number of members of each Panchayat is related to the population of each Gram.
Rule 3 provides for determination of number of members for a Gram Panchayat and the number of members of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and women in each Panchayat.
Civil Appeal No.
22702 of 1994 is Preferred by the State of Tripura, while the other civil appeal arising from Special Leave Petition c No.10413 of 1994 is preferred by a voter who was the writ petitioner before the High Court.
1641 of 1997 arising from Special Leave Petition x No.
P.JEEVAN REDDY,J. Leave granted in both the Special Leave Petitions.
