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HYDERABAD
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) requested the State Election Commission to modify oregon retreat the circular fixing February 14 arsenic the cut-off day for furnishing details of ex-officio members for chairperson/vice-chairperson/mayor/deputy politician elections scheduled connected February 16 and alternatively notify the cut-off day arsenic February 15.
In a practice made to the SEC connected Saturday, wide caput of BRS Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy on with the party’s ineligible compartment members, brought to the former’s announcement that arsenic per the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019, and Rule framed nether it, astatine slightest 1 wide time beryllium fixed successful beforehand for issuing Form-II notifying the ex-officio members for the predetermination of municipal chairperson/vice-chairperson/mayor/deputy mayor.
As the peculiar meetings of the municipality section bodies (ULBs) for which elections were held precocious is scheduled astatine 12.30 p.m. connected February 16, the rule of 1 wide time — the lawful outer bounds for issuance of Form-II (by the governmental parties), the bounds should beryllium up to 12.30 p.m. connected February 15 for furnishing the details.
However, the interior circular issued to the tract officers directed them to implicit the process of furnishing Form-II by the parties by February 14. It was premature, contrary to the statute and apt to prejudice the rights of elected representatives and ex-officio members, Mr. Chandrasekhar Reddy said successful the representation.
Stating that specified instructions were inconsistent with the mandatory request of 1 wide time and mightiness vitiate the full predetermination process, exposing the proceedings to avoidable ineligible challenge, helium requested the SEC to instrumentality urgent enactment successful the involvement of fairness, transparency and compliance with statutory provisions.
