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Ordinance to delay civic polls illegal : Gujarat HC

| | Oct 21, 2015, at 06:17 pm
Ahmedabad, Oct 21 (IBNS) The Gujarat High Court has ruled that the ordinance promulgated by the Gujarat Government to delay civic body polls in the state is unconstitutional, reports said.

The court has ordered the state Election Commission to start electoral process immediately. The state government has been asked to provide
all necessary security measures.

The court was hearing a petition filed on October 9, that challenged the executive order passed to delay the election by three months.

The Election Commission had suggested a delay after assessing the law and order situation following the Patel agitation for quota.

Earlier, the high court had put on hold a controversial decision of the state government to make voting in local body elections compulsory.

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