VIJAYAWADA: The Supreme Court dismissed the AP government’s plea to postpone the gram panchayat polls and cleared the decks for going ahead with the elections as per schedule.
A division bench comprising justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy held a hearing on Monday.
Justice Kaul observed, “Ego problems between two authorities are causing all this lawlessness. This cannot be allowed. The court will not be a party to an ego clash. Some decisions are political while some are administrative. We will not assume everyone’s functions. Some decisions have to be taken by the SEC. We feel that the real issue is actually something else and not what is being argued here.”
He pointed out that elections were held in several parts of the country even during the prevalence of Covid-19 pandemic. Kerala conducted elections though it witnessed a major spike in cases.
The court took a serious view of interveners like the AP Government Employees Federation, doctors…
