The Supreme Court has given an important order regarding the pending local body and panchayat elections due to OBC reservation in many states, especially Madhya Pradesh. The Supreme Court has ordered all the states to hold pending civic elections. After the order of the court, the way has been cleared for conducting body elections without OBC reservation in many states, especially in Madhya Pradesh.

The court, in an interim order, asked the state election commission to issue a notification within two weeks. The court also said that reservation cannot be given without fulfilling the conditions of OBC reservation.

Supreme Court’s decision on Panchayat and local body elections in Madhya Pradesh. The Supreme Court directed the State Election Commission to conduct elections. Instructions to issue notification in 2 weeks. The court said that reservation cannot be given without fulfilling the conditions of OBC reservation.

Let us inform that the hearing in the Supreme Court regarding the reservation of OBCs in the elections of panchayat and urban bodies in Madhya Pradesh was completed on Friday. The court had reserved its decision for May 10. During the hearing, the State Backward Classes Welfare Commission had presented a report on the basis of reservation for backward classes in the state. In this, it has been recommended to give 35 percent reservation to OBCs. At the same time, it was said on behalf of the government that we are ready to hold elections as per the directions of the court.

The court had directed to conduct a study to give reservation to the backward classes in the three-tier (village, district and district) panchayat and urban bodies (city council, municipality and municipal corporation) in the state. After which the state government had constituted the State Backward Classes Welfare Commission, which after getting the voters’ list examined, claimed that 48 percent of the voters in the state are OBCs. On this basis, the report was submitted to the government recommending 35 percent reservation for OBCs in the three-tier panchayat and urban body elections.

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