The Hindu       06.08.2014  

GHMC poll notification after delimitation of wards

The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday made it clear that the election notification to conduct polls to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) can be notified after delimitation of wards as per the GOMs 570 and census figures of 2011.

Justice M.S.Ramachandra Rao was disposing of a writ petition filed by Buchi Reddy, Basavaraj and others complaining that there were a large number of voters in their wards, while in some wards the voters were less. In the affidavit filed by GR Karunakar of old Malakpet on behalf of the petitioners it was contended that Ghansi Bazar has 18,000 voters, whereas in Chandanagar the voters were over 85,000. The GOMs 570 declared the procedure for delimitation of wards. The population in each ward shall not vary more than 10 per cent of average population. The census figures of 2011 are to be taken into account and each ward shall have 44,000 voters with permissible variation.

The deponent affidavit contended that representation was made to correct this by fresh delimitation but there was no response.