In Brief
This case involved a challenge to the decision to reserve the Chande-Kasare Electoral Division for women belonging to Other Backward Classes in panchayat elections, rather than for a backward class category. The petitioners argued the State had violated mandatory rules governing rotation of reserved seats. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, finding that since elections for other constituencies in phase one had already concluded with declared results, granting the petitioners relief would create an imbalance in reservation ratios across divisions and violate the statutory scheme. The Court left all legal questions open and permitted the petitioners to pursue other available remedies.
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