Delhi HC asks EC to decide representation on plea seeking Lok Sabha
New Delhi, February 6: In order to save money, manpower, time and control election paralysis, the Delhi High Court asked the Election Commission (EC) to decide the representation made by a petitioner seeking direction to ascertain the feasibility of conducting elections to the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies simultaneously.
The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad stated that, "We know our limitation, the prayer sought in the petition completely falls under the Election Commission domain. We are not lawmakers."
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The Court asked Election Commission to decide the representation made by the petitioner before it.
Meanwhile, the petitioner also stated before the court the advantages, reasons and planning to hold the Lok Sabha, Assembly, Panchayat and Municipal elections together.
Petitioner further stated that conducting the election together will reduce the time and cost involved in conducting elections in terms of using paramilitary forces, government staff on election duty and the Election Commission staff organising booths, electronic voting machines and voter slips etc.
The plea further sought the court to direct the Centre and the EC to ascertain the feasibility of conducting elections on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays in order to save valuable time for the schools, colleges, universities, service industries and manufacturing organisations.
The imposition of the Model Code of Conduct delays the implementation of central and state government projects and welfare schemes and takes away time and effort from governance issues, it stated further.
The need for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, Assemblies, panchayats and Municipal bodies has been discussed and debated for a long time, added the plea.
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The Assembly elections in 16 states Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Telangana, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand -- can be held along with the 2024 General elections, the plea proposed.
- ANI
