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Indira Nehru Gandhi vs Shri Raj Narain & Anr on 7 November, 1975

f) there is some force in the argument of the learned counsel for the petitioners that the tenure of appointment of the Administrator should not exceed the statutory limit of six months, the Panchayats having been constituted on the principles of Democracy and Local Self Government; but there is no reason to assume that the tenure of the Administrators shall be extended beyond the statutory ceiling; it may not be correct to assume that no steps will be taken for conducting the elections soon after the difficulty generated by the COVID-9 Pandemic subsides; after all, the Democracy being one of the Basic Features of the Constitution vide INDIRA NEHRU GANDHI Vs. SHRI RAJ NARAIN, 1976 (2) SCR 347, the periodic holding of elections to these local bodies, is imperative.
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