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In what could pave mode for the behaviour of section assemblage polls successful the Union Territory aft much than a decade, Justice Sasidharan Commission has completed its study recommending reservation to Other Backward Classes for Municipality and Commune Panchayat elections successful Puducherry.
The Hindu has reliably learnt that the Commission has officially communicated to higher authorities successful the Government of Puducherry that it has completed the study pertaining to each the 5 Municipalities and 10 Commune Panchayats successful the Union Territory for providing quota whenever elections would beryllium held. The Commission has informed authorities that it was acceptable to taxable its study anytime to the government, it is learnt.
The Union Territory has conducted section assemblage elections lone erstwhile successful the past 58 years. The past section assemblage elections were held successful 2006. When the State Election Commission was gearing up to clasp section assemblage elections successful 2021, the determination was stayed by the Madras High Court with a absorption to behaviour the polls aft reserving seats to OBCs.
Following the directions of the Court, the Puducherry authorities appointed K. K. Sasidharan, erstwhile Judge of the Madras High Court, arsenic the one-man Commission connected December 17, 2021, to hole a study connected providing preservation to radical belonging to OBCs successful the section assemblage elections.
The voluminous study of the Commission has details astir the full fig of OBC communities / castes successful each section body, their ballot stock taking ward arsenic the unit, too having the existent fig of voters from each caste / community, proportionality of antheral / pistillate colonisation and the largest communities / castes successful each ward and their ballot share, sources said.
The Commission successful its report, according to sources, has reserved seats for OBCs and SC/ST successful each 5 Municipalities and 10 Commune Panchayats wrong the 50% ceiling fixed by the Supreme Court. For the mentation of the report, the Commission, with a presumption to ascertain the OBC colonisation conducted a door-to-door survey crossed the Union Territory. The survey was conducted utilising the services of 1,300 Anganwadi workers without immoderate further remuneration. The Commission, anterior to the mentation of the report, had held meetings with the wide public, governmental parties and societal organisations to ascertain their views.
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, during the Budget league of the Assembly, had informed that his authorities was waiting for the one-man Commission to taxable its study for holding the section assemblage polls successful the Union Territory.
