Lucknow: The state govt has informed the Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC that it was in the process of constituting an OBC Commission for the purposes of ensuing panchayat elections in UP as per law. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice AK Chaudhary, thereafter, disposed of a plea after taking the statement of the state government on record. The order came on a PIL which had alleged that the term of the OBC commission had come to an end about five months ago but the state government had not constituted the said commission till date. The PIL said if the commission was not constituted and panchayat elections were conducted on the 2021 reservation list, it would violate the UP Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 and the directions of the Supreme Court.
The PIL demanded that the bench should direct the state government to constitute the said commission.At the time of hearing, state counsel Isha Mitta apprised the bench that the state itself was in the process of constituting the said commission. The government also said that it will hold panchayat polls after the constitution of the commission.Considering the stand of the state, the bench disposed of the PIL after recording the statement of the state lawyer.
