New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld validity of a Haryana law specifying minimum educational and other criteria for candidates to contest panchayat elections in the state.
The amended law fixes matriculation as essential qualification for general candidates contesting the panchayat elections, while the qualification for women (general) and Scheduled Caste candidates has been fixed at Class VIII pass.
However, in case of a woman candidate belonging to SC category contesting election for the post of panch, the minimum qualification would be Class V pass, the law said.
The amended law was passed on the concluding day of the Monsoon Session of Haryana Assembly in September.
Besides Haryana, Rajasthan has also recently fixed the minimum educational qualification for elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions.
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