The Supreme Court on Monday ordered status quo on the local body polls in Maharashtra. It directed the State Election Commission (SEC) and the Maharashtra government to maintain the status quo in the state for the next four weeks.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India N V Ramana and Justices Abhay S Oka and J B Pardiwala took up the plea of the Maharashtra government seeking a recall of the apex court order by which it had directed the SEC not to re-notify the poll process to 367 local bodies, where it has already commenced, in order to provide reservation to OBCs.
The bench noted that the CJI, who is demitting office on August 26, will not be able to deal with the matter completely given the little time left in his retirement. The CJI said the matter needed an elaborate hearing and he would be setting up a separate special bench for its final disposal. “We have heard the counsel. The matter requires an elaborate hearing. In view of that we direct the parties to maintain the status quo. List the matter after five weeks. A special bench will be constituted,” the bench said.
The state government had come out with an ordinance providing 27 per cent reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in local body polls. The government then also moved the top court seeking recall or modification of its order by which it had directed the SEC not to re-notify the poll process to local bodies, where it has already commenced, for providing reservation to OBCs.
(With PTI inputs)
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