The Hindu 14.06.2013
Court restrains State from holding mayoral polls for now
The High Court on Thursday restrained the State government from issuing calendar of events till next week for the mayoral elections in the city.
Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das passed the interim order on a petition filed by Congress councillors Lokesh V. Nayaka and Indira, both belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community.
The petitioners challenged the February 8, 2013 notification by the State government reserving the Mayor’s post to general category and the Deputy Mayor’s to Backward Class A category. The petitioners complained these posts had never ever been reserved for ST even though it is the 14th term of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), terming it as a Constitutional violation.
The two councillors had filed this petition afresh as the High Court had last week said that it could not pass order on present reservation, as their previous petition pertaining to the previous term had expired. The court also had withdrawn its earlier interim order directing government not to hold elections if either of the posts is not reserved for ST.
