INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday released a stay order on the conduct of elections to Eluru Municipal Corporation.A
single-judge bench, headed by Justice DVSS Somayajulu heard a batch of petitions looking for an interim order to remain the March 10 surveys
to the Eluru local corporation
They reasoned that the authorities stopped working to rectify the anomalies in the preparation of electoral rolls and provision of
Seven-gram panchayats surrounding Eluru town were merged with the local corporation on December 31, 2019 and petitions were submitted on the
irregularities in the delimitation of wards.Based on petitions submitted earlier stating that revision of electoral rolls were refrained
from doing according to Electors Rules, 1960 and provisions of Representation of Individuals's Act, 1950
The court in its earlier order released on March 5, 2020, directed the district election and local corporation authorities to correct the
abnormalities in the electoral rolls
When the State Election Commission asked the district and Eluru municipal authorities on the status, the officials are learnt to have
informed the SEC that all anomalies were remedied and accordingly, the SEC notified the election to the local corporation on March 9, 2020
in addition to other civic bodies
However, during the hearing on Monday, the court asked whether its earlier order to correct anomalies in preparation of electoral rolls and
other irregularities were addressed.When the petitioners' counsel Nimmagadda Venkateswarlu notified the court its earlier order was not
complied with, the court released an interim order to remain the Eluru municipal corporation elections.
