The issue which has been raised before the Court in this batch of writ petitions pertains to the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Reservation and Allotment of Seats and ... Offices) (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 20151. These Rules were published in the government Gazette on 16 September 2015. The Rules amended the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Reservation and Allotment of Seats and Offices) Rules, 19942. The amended Rules of 2015 are challenged on the ground that they are ultra vires Article 243D, Article 243K and the provisions of Section 11-A (5) and Section 12 (5) of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947.