INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed both the state government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold alks and
Seshasai held the hearing on Tuesday and issued the order asking both the parties to start consultations in three days from the date of
receipt of the order copy
The court said that the SEC would decide the date and venue for taking up consultations and asked the state government to depute officials
by the Centre on Covid-19 and its recommendations to contain spread of the virus before the SEC in a written format and advised it to submit
all relevant documents also.It may be mentioned that panchayat raj principal secretary Gopala Krishna Dwivedi had filed a petition in the
High Court earlier challenging the issue of proceedings by the SEC to conduct gram panchayat polls in February 2021 in the state.The Judge
asked both the parties to resolve the issue of SEC intending to go ahead with conduct of gram panchayat polls in February 2021 while the
state government expressed its opposition in the wake of Covid-19 and the ensuing vaccination programme, in an amicable manner through
Suman asked the court to allow the state government to raise the issue of the month fixed by the SEC to conduct gram panchayat polls and
state government could take up all such issues before the SEC during the consultations.
