Civic poll schedule set aside
IN a major embarrassment to the Tamil Nadu government, the Madras High Court set aside the State Election Commission’s notification on the conduct of local body elections in the State, scheduled to be held on October 17 and 19, on the grounds of “non-compliance of Rule 24 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Rules, 1995”. reservation and said that a perusal of the earlier election details “would reveal that there was no reservation for Scheduled Tribes in Chennai Municipal Corporation wards in elections in 2001 and 2006”. He pointed out that “though the plea and the prayer are only with regard to reservation for S.Ts, a contention has been made during arguments that the election notifications dated September 26, 2016, had not been issued as per Rule 24 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayat Rules, 1995”. There was no publication of public notice of election as per Rule 24 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, and hence the entire election process was vitiated, he claimed.
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