BANGALORE: The High Court adjourned the hearing to Wednesday, of a writ appeal filed by the State Election Commission on the reservation to Zilla and Taluk panchayats polls.
The single had directed the SEC and the state government to redo the reservation of Davangere Zilla Panchayat, while allowing the petitions.
The SEC stated that the reservations of 176 TPs and 30 ZPs were already announced and that the single judge order will effect the entire reservation list. The bench comprising of the chief justice and Justice Ashok B Hinchegeri posted the matter for hearing on Wednesday.
Before the single bench, three separate petitions were filed challenging the reservations for the backward classes in the upcoming TPs and ZP polls.
The petitioners had challenged the rotation system, while fixing the reservation.