BHARAT LAL MEENA S/O SHRI GOPI LAL MEENA v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN
CW/18954/2025 · 2025-12-17
Sandeep Taneja, Sanjeev Prakash Sharma
Public Interest Litigationbody2025
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[2025:RJ-JP:50980-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18954/2025 Bharat Lal Meena S/o Shri Gopi Lal Meena, Aged About 57 Years, R/o Village Ghudasi, District Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. ----Petitioner Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Director Cum Principal Secretary, Rural Development And Panchayati Raj Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Government Secretariat, Jaipur.
2. District Collector Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.
3. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad Sawai Madhopur. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Dr. Lalit Mehra with Mr. Dharmendra Pareek For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kapil Prakash Mathur, AAG with Ms. Divya Rathore Ms. Anjali Ranga Ms. Anshul Ranga HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SANGEETA SHARMA
Order 17/12/2025
1. Considering that the issue raised in this writ petition is similar to the issue which stands finally adjudicated by this Court in a bunch of 440 cases with the lead case of Sheela Kumari Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. in D.B. Civil Writ Petition No.7718/2025 decided on 14.11.2025.
2. We need not again dwell with the issue afresh. In the aforesaid cases, this Court has passed final directions which held as under:-
“224.1 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-A of the judgment, the writ petitions challenging the final notifications issued under Section 3 of the Act
[2025:RJ-JP:50980-DB] (2 of 3) [CW-18954/2025] of 2009 as well as Section 101 of the Act of 1994, are dismissed. 224.2 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-B of the judgment, D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No.831/2025 (State of Rajasthan and Ors. Vs. Dhanna Ram and Ors.) and other special appeals challenging the interim order dated 23.05.2025 to the extent of Para 7 & 8 of the same, are allowed. All the writ petitions challenging the process of delimitation initiated in pursuance of the notices issued under Section 101 of the Act of 1994, are dismissed. It is directed that the concerned District Collectors shall send the proposal for delimitation to the state Government and the three
members
high-level
committee constituted for the purpose of examining the same, shall take final decision upon the proposals for delimitation so sent by the concerned District Collectors in an objective manner. The State Government shall complete the entire exercise of delimitation on or before
31.12.2025. 224.3 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-C of the judgment, the writ petitions challenging the process of delimitation/change of boundaries of the municipal wards in absence of change of census or change in the number of wards or change in the territorial boundaries of the municipality, are allowed. The respondents are
directed not to effect any change in the internal boundaries of the municipal wards in such cases. Consequently, D.B. Special Appeal (Writ) No.1005/2025 (State of Rajasthan & Ors. Vs Narayan Singh Solanki & Ors.) filed for challenging the interim order dated 11.06.2025, is hereby dismissed. 224.4 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-D of the judgment, the writ petitions challenging removal of Panchayat Samiti Member / Pradhan, on account of delimitation of respective areas / wards, are hereby dismissed. 224.5 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-E of the judgment,
[2025:RJ-JP:50980-DB] (3 of 3) [CW-18954/2025] the writ petitions relating to appointment of the administrator, are dismissed. 224.6 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-F of the judgment, the writ petitions praying for fixing/nominating the village headquarter are dismissed. 224.7 In view of the adjudication made and conclusion drawn in Part-G of the judgment, D. B. Civil Writ Petition (PIL) No.4686/2025 [Sanyam Lodha Vs. State of Rajasthan] as well as D. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1285/2025 (Giriraj Singh Devanda vs. State of Rajasthan & ors.) praying for a direction for holding the elections of Municipality or Panchayati Raj Institutions, respectively, are disposed of with a direction to the State Government that after completing the delimitation exercise, elections of all the Local Self Bodies i.e. Panchayats as well as Municipality, shall immediately be conducted simultaneously and the entire exercise for such elections shall be completed on or before 15.04.2026. 224.8 To promote the spirit of ‘Save Paper – Save Environment’, the Registry of this Court is directed that, while placing a copy of this
judgment in concerned files as well as while processing applications for issuance of certified copies of this judgment pertaining to any specific writ petition or special appeal, it shall issue a certified copy comprising the first page of the judgment, the relevant page showing the cause title of the respective writ petition/special appeal, and the full text of the
judgment beginning from Page No.288 of this
judgment.”
3. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of in terms of
order passed in the case of Sheela Kumari (supra). The observations/directions made in the case of Sheela Kumari (supra) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the present case too.
4. All pending applications stand disposed of.
(SANGEETA SHARMA),J (SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA),ACTING CJ PUNEET KUMAR /38