Final notification on delimitation subject to results of petitions, says HC
The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 26) ordered that the final notifications on delimitation of wards in Naduvil panchayat and Uduma panchayat in Kannur and Kasaragod districts, respectively, would be subject to the result of the writ petitions filed in this regard.
The order was passed on two writ petitions filed by the UDF leaders in these panchayats challenging the final notification issued by the Delimitation Commission. The petitioners contended that the final notification was violative of the constitutional provisions and the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act. The Delimitation Commission had published the final notification in the Naduvil panchayat without conducting an inquiry into the objections raised by some of the people to the draft notification. They contended that the final notifications were flawed and illegal.
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