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High Court Extends GHMC Polls By A Month!

High Court Extends GHMC Polls By A Month!

In a shocker to Telangana government, the High Court on Thursday stayed the GO (government order) issued by Telangana government recently restricting the GHMC election process to just 15 days between issuing of election notification and conducting polling.

It extended conduct of polling by 31 days, which means 31 days time would be given for polling from the date of notification.

The Telangana government submitted to the court that it will finalise reservations for wards by January 9 and issue the notification. That would mean the polling would be held by February 9.

Opposition parties cried foul when Telangana government issued a GO all of a sudden restricting GHMC election process to 15 days.

Opposition parties alleged that it was a conspiracy by ruling TRS party not to give enough time for them even to take up campaigning.

Congress former MLA Marri Shashidhar Reddy filed a petition in the High Court challenging the GO.

The court ruled in favour of the petitioner. The court also came down heavily on TRS government for issuing such arbitrary orders without discussing in the cabinet or without issuing any Ordinance.

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