Uttar Pradesh: On Tuesday, the Lucknow division of the Allahabad High Court ruled that the state government’s draught notification about the elections for urban local bodies be revoked and that the elections be held without OBC reservations. A division bench composed of Justices DK Upadhyay and Saurav Lavania rendered the decision.
The draught notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh government on December 5 for reservation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the urban local body elections was also revoked by a division bench comprising Justices DK Upadhyay and Saurav Lavania.
The decision was reached in response to PILs that contested the OBC reservation draft’s creation without adhering to the Supreme Court’s recommended triple test criteria.
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Arguments put out by petitioners
The petitioners had argued that the state government should adhere to the Supreme Court’s guidelines and appoint a special committee with the sole purpose of examining the political backwardness of OBCs before determining the reservation.
The state government argued that a quick survey it had performed was just as accurate as the triple test formula.
The hearing on the matter of the postponed urban local body elections by the Lucknow bench, which had been ongoing for a fortnight, was concluded on Saturday.
The bench announced on Saturday that it will hear the case during its break because it involved the elections of local bodies and democracy.
For the three-tiered urban local body elections, the state government earlier this month released a provisional list of reserved seats for the mayors of 17 municipal corporations, chairs of 200 municipal councils, and 545 nagar panchayats, and requested recommendations or objections within seven days.
In Aligarh and Mathura-Vrindavan, the mayor’s positions were set aside for OBC women
Four mayoral seats — Aligarh, Mathura-Vrindavan, Meerut, and Prayagraj — were designated for OBC candidates in the draught from December 5th. In Aligarh and Mathura-Vrindavan, the mayor’s positions were set aside for OBC women.
In addition, 54 chairperson positions in the 200 local councils, including 18 for OBC women, were set aside for OBCs. 147 seats, including 49 for OBC women candidates, were set aside for chairpersons in 545 nagar panchayats.
Samajwadi Party Spokesperson Sunil Singh Sajan responded to the high court order by saying, “It is a conspiracy by the BJP government to deprive the backward classes of reservation.”
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