The Supreme Court has actually postponed the hearing of the writ petition submitted by retired Army Colonel W.M.R.

Wijesundara looking for a court order to delay the 2023 Local Government Election till March 11.

This was announced when three petitions applied for and against the LG election were called in the past a three-member judge bench consisting of S.

Thurairajah, A.H.M.D.

Nawaz and Shiran Gunaratne this afternoon.Citing the dominating economic crisis, Wijesundara had actually looked for a court order to postpone the Local Government election.The Election Commission chairman Nimal G.

Punchihewa, the members of the election body, the Prime Minister, the Secretary to the Finance Ministry and the Attorney General have been named as the participants of the petition.