PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
The Karnataka Excessive Court docket on Friday put aside the reservation checklist for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) introduced by the state authorities in August this 12 months and directed the State Election Fee (SEC) to conduct elections to the civic physique by December 31.
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The courtroom directed {that a} recent checklist must be ready earlier than November 30. The federal government introduced the draft checklist on August 3 and notified it on August 16. A number of petitions have been filed within the HC difficult this notification. The HC partly accepted the contentions of petitioner Okay Mahadev and others from Ejipura.
The courtroom discovered errors within the reservation supplied within the OBC and ladies’s classes. Nonetheless, the reservation for SC/ST candidates was discovered to be so as. Earlier than the HC’s order, Extra Advocate Common Dhyan Chinnappa submitted an affidavit ready by H S Shivakumar, the Underneath Secretary of the City Growth division.
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The affidavit sought 16 weeks to redo the reservation checklist. The HC, nonetheless, granted solely eight weeks for it. The HC additionally directed that the state authorities present all information vital for making ready the reservation checklist to the Justice (retired) Dr Bhaktavatsala Fee inside one month. Whereas the petitions have been disposed of, the HC is slated to test the motion taken on the order on November 30.
The HC, in September 2020, had ordered the elections to the BBMP to be carried out. The state authorities approached the Supreme Court docket and obtained a keep on this order. Earlier in Might this 12 months, the Supreme Court docket, whereas listening to the case between Madhya Pradesh and Suresh Mahajan, directed that elections to all native our bodies pending within the nation needs to be carried out with none delay.
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Subsequently, the SEC approached the HC to listen to its earlier plea towards the state authorities taking up its powers of ward delimitation and reservation. Within the meantime, the federal government introduced the reservation checklist and accomplished the delimitation.