Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 4: The Allahabad High Court’s order to the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission to conduct the Urban Local Body Polls without OBC reservation was stayed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Additionally, the Court permitted the delegation of authority to a three-member panel led by the District Magistrate with the caveat that no significant policy decisions be made in order to enable the smooth administration of local organisations whose terms had expired.
The order was made in response to a petition the Uttar Pradesh government filed against the Allahabad High Court’s ruling ordering the State to hold urban local body elections without OBC reservations.
The bench, which was made up of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha, handed down the decision. The State Election Commission had been ordered by the Allahabad High Court to swiftly notify the urban local body elections sans OBC reservations. The state government did not comply with the Triple Test Formality as set down by the Apex Court in the matter of Vikas Kishanrao Gawali v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. to assess the political backwardness of OBCs, the court had ruled, and had issued the decision as a result.
