SC stays HC order asking UP govt to carry city native physique polls with out OBC quota
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing the Uttar Pradesh authorities to carry city native physique polls with out reservation for the OBCs.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took be aware of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the state authorities, and directed {that a} panel appointed by the state authorities should resolve the OBC quota-related points for the native our bodies ballot by March 31, 2023.
The high court docket permitted the state authorities to nominate directors to run the affairs of the native our bodies after the expiry of the tenure of the elected representatives.
It, nevertheless, mentioned the directors won’t be empowered to take main coverage choices.
The high court docket had earlier agreed to listen to the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s enchantment difficult the excessive court docket order quashing its draft notification on city native physique elections and directing it to carry the polls with out reservation for different backward courses.
The Lucknow bench of the excessive court docket had ordered that the state authorities notify the polls “immediately” because the time period of a number of municipalities would finish by January 31, whereas annulling the December 5 draft notification.
The court docket had directed the state election fee to carry the elections by January 31 after transferring the OBC seats within the draft notification to the overall class.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing the Uttar Pradesh authorities to carry city native physique polls with out reservation for the OBCs.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha took be aware of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the state authorities, and directed {that a} panel appointed by the state authorities should resolve the OBC quota-related points for the native our bodies ballot by March 31, 2023.
The high court docket permitted the state authorities to nominate directors to run the affairs of the native our bodies after the expiry of the tenure of the elected representatives.
It, nevertheless, mentioned the directors won’t be empowered to take main coverage choices.
The high court docket had earlier agreed to listen to the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s enchantment difficult the excessive court docket order quashing its draft notification on city native physique elections and directing it to carry the polls with out reservation for different backward courses.
The Lucknow bench of the excessive court docket had ordered that the state authorities notify the polls “immediately” because the time period of a number of municipalities would finish by January 31, whereas annulling the December 5 draft notification.
The court docket had directed the state election fee to carry the elections by January 31 after transferring the OBC seats within the draft notification to the overall class.
