Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for holding the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh as it allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission. India News | SC Paves Way for Holding UP Local Body Polls with OBC Quota; Notification in 2 Days.
The Uttar Pradesh govt recently appointed a five-member commission for going into the entire gamut of issues for providing reservation to the OBCs in civic polls
UP government moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order quashing its draft notification on the urban local body elections and directing the state to hold the polls without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.
The state government, in its appeal against the December 27 order, has said the high court cannot quash the December 5 draft notification which provided for reservation of seats in the urban body polls for the OBCs.