PATNA, India, Feb. 24 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Feb. 21:
Heard Mr. Y.V. Giri, learned Senior Advocate for the petitioners and Mr. P.K. Shahi, learned Advocate General for the State.
2. The writ petitioners, all of whom are Block Panchayati Raj Officers (hereinafter called as 'BPROs') including the promotees to the post from Panchayat Secretaries have called in question the Bihar Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act 2023 and have prayed that it be declared ultravires the Constitution for being violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India as also for there being complete arbitrariness in following the object behind such amendment whereby change has been made in Section 60(1) of the Panchayati Raj Act, mak...