In the first hearing held in the case related to the elections of AP Mahesh Urban Cooperative Bank, the Telangana High Court has directed the Returning Officer to resume the counting of votes but barred him from announcing the results.
The RO, who faces disciplinary action for abruptly stopping the counting, has to submit the results after counting is over, in a sealed envelope to the court on Monday.
The case came up for hearing on Thursday. While hearing the petition of the Returning officer and the outgoing senior Vice-Chairman Ramesh Kumar Bung, the court ordered counting of votes of the last four booths and submitting the result in a seal packed envelope.