Court breather for Govt. on MCH polls

By Our Legal Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 10. A Division Bench of the A.P. High Court, comprising the Chief Justice, Mr. Satyabrata Sinha and Mr. Justice V.V.S. Rao, on Friday directed the State Government to complete finalising the reservation of wards in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad before December 10. The State Election Commission has to conduct elections immediately thereafter.

The extension of time for conducting elections was given while disposing of a writ appeal filed by the Government challenging the judgment of a single judge, who directed the authorities to complete the process before November 1. It may be recalled that the leader of the city Youth Congress, Mr. Prakash Goud, had filed a writ petition seeking conduct of elections to the MCH forthwith.

The Government informed the single judge that it needed 195 days for identification of BCs in the voter list and finalisation of reservation for various categories. The judge, however, directed the Government to complete the process within 90 days.

The Government went in appeal and the Bench granted 120 days to the Government for pre-election process. The Bench granted 80 days for identification of various wards to be reserved for BCs, SCs, STs and women and 40 days for notifying and finalising reservations. The maximum limit is December 10.

The SEC has now 60 days for completing the process after the finalisation of reservation.

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