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6. When this matter came up for admission, the earlier writ petition was tagged along and were heard together and a common order is being made.
7. Mr.T.Lajapathy Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the panchayat institutions were created and were given a constitutional backing by the 73rd Amendment, which introduced Part IX of the Constitution. Article 243E of the Constitution provides for duration of the Panchayats and Article 243F provides for disqualifications for membership in the Panchayat. In Article 243G of the Constitution, it is directed that the legislature of the state in making laws was subject to the provisions of the Constitution and more particularly, as found in Part IX of the Constitution. The powers and authority conferred on the Panchayat must make it function as institutions of self Government. Such law should contain provisions for devolution of powers and responsibilities of Panchayat at appropriate level. It is with this Constitutional backing, the present Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 was enacted.