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Notwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to Panchayats in force in a Continuance of existing laws and Panchayats. 1Ins. by the Constitution (Eighty-third Amendment) Act, 2000, s. 2. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part IX.—The Panchayats.—Arts. 243M-243N.) 137 State immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall continue to be in force until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority or until the expiration of one year from such commencement, whichever is earlier: Provided that all the Panchayats existing immediately before such commencement shall continue till the expiration of their duration, unless sooner dissolved by a resolution passed to that effect by the Legislative Assembly of that State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, by each House of the Legislature of that State. 243-O. Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,— (a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, made or purporting to be made under article 243K, shall not be called in question in any court; (b) no election to any Panchayat shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as is provided for by or under any law made by the Legislature of a State.] Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part IX.—The Panchayats.—Arts. 243N-243-O.) 138 1[PART IXA THE MUNICIPALITIES