Guwahati, Dec 20: The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam State Election Commission not to issue any notification regarding the holding of panchayat polls in the State without its prior permission.
A single-judge bench of Justice Soumitra Saikia said in an order, “Till the next date fixed, the respondents shall not issue any notification without leave of the court.”
The court was hearing a bunch of writ petitions, which mainly challenged the delimitation of panchayats across the state.
The Assam government had earlier announced that the panchayat elections with newly-delimitated constituencies would be completed by February 10, next year.
The matter would be heard again on January 9, 2025.
The bench, after hearing both sides, noted that the state government has filed its counter affidavit during the course of the day and the counsel for the petitioners prayed for some time to complete the instructions in the matter and requested that the matter be listed next month.
Additional Advocate General K Konwar, appearing for the state government, and R Dubey, appearing for the Election Commission, submitted before the High Court that the notification for polls would be issued by the State Election Commission with due permission from the latter.
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