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Bengaluru: Reservation in Mangaluru mayoral election writ petition dismissed

  •   Thu, Feb 09 2017 08:37:10 AM

Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Feb 9: A writ petition, which sought the stay on the mayoral election of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), has been dismissed by state High Court on Wednesday, February 8. Now, the election, proposed to be held before March 12 for the mayor and deputy mayor posts, can go on as planned without any hindrance.

JD(S) corporator from Mangaluru city Abdul Azim had approached High Court with a writ petition to bring a stay order to the impending election by questioning the reservation policy. Currently, the mayor post has been reserved for a woman while the deputy mayor post has been reserved for a person from schedule caste.

The court which heard the arguments from both the sides dismissed the petition. Advocate General Ponnanna had appeared on behalf of the government.

During the initial period of the current administration of MCC, a stay order had delayed the mayoral election by a year. That petition too had questioned the reservation policy.
  

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  • Dr Mohan Prabhu, LL.D, QC, Mangalore (Kankanady)/Ottawa, Canada

    Thu, Feb 09 2017

    Is there no end in sight to the reservation policy? At every level, the general population seems to be disadvantaged by this policy be in academia, admissiion to professional schools such as engineering and medicine (thankfully not in the legal profession), civil service and public appointments, perhaps even judicial appointments. Perhaps only election candidates to state and central legislatures are immune - politicians know why.

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  • G R PRABHU, BEJAI.MANGALURU.

    Thu, Feb 09 2017

    Who ever my be the mayor, our condition of the city is as it is.

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