Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 21: High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has sought response from Government of India, Union Territory of J&K and State Election Commission in a petition filed by various representatives of the OBC Organizations.
The petition has been filed for implementing 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the UT of J&K more particularly Article 243(D)(6) & 243(7)(6) which empowers the States and UT to grant reservations to the OBC in the Local Body election.
Advocate Mohd Latif Malik appearing for the petitioners submitted that despite 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments till date the seats in the Local Body election have not been reserved for OBCs. He further argued that despite the direction passed by the Supreme Court in case of Dr K Krishna Murthy passed in 2010, the UT administration has not constituted a commission which is mandatory before reserving seats for OBCs in Local Body elections.
After hearing the pleas of counsel for petitioners, Justice M A Choudhary sought response from Government of India, Union Territory of J&K and State Election Commission.
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