HC suspends SEC direction to ward volunteers during polls
Updated Mar 4, 2021, 4:31 am IST
The court laid stress that an educated and informed voter, conscious of his rights and duties, was the main requirement today
The SEC’s contention was that the ward volunteers should not be entrusted with the distribution of voters’ slips and they should be without mobile phones as it would result in influencing the voters.
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh High Court has issued an order suspending the State Election Commission’s direction not to involve ward volunteers in urban local body polls.
A single-judge bench headed by Justice DVSS Somayajulu said there was no need to suspend all activities of the ward volunteers referring to the impugned order of the SEC permitting the ward volunteers to carry on their normal and routine mandated responsibilities. The court opined that in case any attempts were made by the volunteers, appropriate action for coercion, intimidation and undue in
Feb 10, 2021, 13:21 IST
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday struck down the orders of State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar s orders barring Panchayat Raj Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy from speaking to the media till February 21, as unconstitutional.
It may be recalled that the single bench of the AP High Court on Sunday struck down the orders of SEC to Director General of Police Gautam Sawang to confine Panchayat Raj Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy to his residence till the end of AP Panchayat Elections ( February 21).
The Panchayat Raj Minister had earlier filed a house motion petition challenging the SEC orders in the High Court, which came up for hearing before Justice DVSS Somayajulu.
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Andhra local body polls: SEC issues notification for first phase of panchayat elections
Amid opposition by the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government, Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar on Saturday issued the notification for the first phase of panchayat elections. The state government vehemently opposed to the conduct of the polls, informed the poll body that the time was not conducive for the exercise.
The Andhra Pradesh gram panchayat elections are scheduled to be held in four phases. The first phase of election will be held on February 5, While the second phase will be conducted on February 9. The election commission announced that the third phase is scheduled to be held on February 13 and the fourth phase on February 14. Polling will be held from 6.30 am to 3.30 pm and counting will commence from 4.00 pm on the same day (February 13).
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AP High Court Grants Permission For Panchayat Polls:- In a shocking move, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh granted permission for conducting the Panchayat polls in the state. The State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar and the state Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy are at loggerheads over conducting the panchayat polls in the state. The High Court today asked the government to move ahead with the election commission and ordered them of conducting the panchayat polls (local body polls) that are pending from the past one year in the state. The State Election Commission recently approached the High Court after the government was hesitant about the local body polls. This came as a rude shock for the government of Andhra Pradesh about the elections.