Uttarakhand: The High Court said our intention is not to postpone the Panchayat elections, it is necessary to follow the rules, the government presented the reservation roster
Hearing on the petitions filed against the reservation roster in the three-tier panchayat elections in Uttarakhand continued today. The hearing in the case was held in the division bench headed by the Chief Justice. Today, the reservation roster was presented in the court by the government. On which the petitioners sought time today to study. On which the court fixed the date of hearing tomorrow i.e. 27 June.
The report of the single commission was also not made public: Here, today advocate Yogesh Pacholia informed the court that the state government postponed the panchayat elections for a long time on the pretext of the report of the dedicated single commission constituted for reservation, but that report of that commission was not made public. Whereas, it should have come in the public domain. Now the High Court has decided to hear these issues on Friday i.e. 27 June.
Arguments put forward to prove the reservation roster right: Today, before the division bench of Chief Justice G Narendra and Justice Alok Mehra, Advocate General SN Babulkar argued at length to prove the rules issued by the government on June 9 and the reservation roster made thereafter correct.
The Advocate General and Chief Standing Counsel, while presenting the government’s side, said that after the report of the backward class dedicated commission, the only option was to declare the reservation roster as void. These rules issued on June 9 were gazette notified on June 14.
After hearing these arguments in the morning, the High Court fixed the time for further hearing at 1 pm today. At 1 pm, the details of the reservation roster were placed before the court by the government. On which the petitioners sought time to present their side. On which the court has given time till tomorrow i.e. June 27.
No intention to postpone the election, following the rules is necessary: The High Court says that their intention is not to postpone the election, but following the rules is necessary. The petitioners, referring to the Uttarakhand Panchayat Raj Act and Article 243 T, D and others of the Constitution, said that the roster is mandatory in reservation. It is a constitutional obligation.
Earlier voting was to be held on these dates: It is worth noting that on June 21, the State Election Commission of Uttarakhand had issued a notification for conducting three-tier panchayat elections in the remaining 12 districts except Haridwar district. Under which panchayat elections were to be held in two phases.
Under this, the nomination process was to be completed from June 25 to June 28. While, voting was to be held on July 10 and 15 and counting of votes on July 19, but due to the unclear situation on reservation, the High Court put a stay on the entire election process.
At the same time, on June 24, the State Election Commission hastily postponed the three-tier panchayat elections for further orders. Under which all proceedings from nomination to other proceedings were stopped.
