CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Election Commissioner to hold elections to the local bodies in Puducherry within six months.The entire process should be completed within a period of six months from March 14, the first bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS Sivagnanam said on Thursday.The direction followed a submission from the Puducherry Government Pleader T Murugesan that by a notification dated March 14 this year, the Election Commissioner had been appointed. The polls would be conducted and the results declared within six months from the date of the notification, he added.In view of the undertaking given by the GP, the bench gave the direction and disposed of a PIL from V Perumal, secretary of the Puducherry unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).Petitioner contended that the election to the local body was overdue from 1968. He filed a writ petition and the first bench on August 22 last year disposed of the same with a direction to the Puduchery and other authorities to immediately initiate the process of conducting the election and declare the result as quickly as possible, latest by six months.
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