High Court granted stay on local body elelctions

Hyderabad, Jun 16 : In the wake of an appeal made by the AP Sarpanches' Association over the contentious issue of reservations in the ZPPs and MPPs, a division bench of the High Court today granted a 'stay' on the local body elections.The stay was given over the reservation quota system communicated to the Court by the state government and the Court also directed to stall the GO that stipulated the reservation system for the said ZPPs and MPPs.In view of the Court's stay, the much-awaited elections to the Local Bodies have been put under wraps once again by the AP Sarpanches Association, who contended that the cited quota for candidates drawn from weaker sections exceeds the ceiling quota - 50 per cent - as fixed by the Supreme Court.Meanwhile, State Election Commissioner Ramakanth Reddy while talking to the media persons today stated that the government-announced quota details furnished to the state High Court is invalid.He said the elections would be held only after the government sends a revised list of details related to reservations for the Local Bodies.Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana was also discussed with the Chief Minister on the issthe crisis over the local body elections was not cleared, the government has not option to bring an Ordinance for the appointment of Special Officers to the Local Body institutions, according to sources here.
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