Delhi to renotify MCD wards, SDC submits fresh draft formula

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) The State Delimitation Commission(SDC) today submitted a fresh draft formula before the Delhi High Court which would be the basis of reservation of constituencies for women and Scheduled caste(SC) candidates for the coming MCD election.

Justice B D Ahmed directed the SDC to submit the fresh draft by the evening, on the basis of which the judgement would be pronounced tomorrow.

SDC Counsel submitted that the commission had formulated a new method to reserve the constituencies.

After excluding 46 constituencies which had scheduled caste people in higher number, every third of the rest of the wards of 272 would be reserved for women, said the counsel.

The state government would have to renotify the commission report according to the new formula.

The government had recently notified the commission report increasing the wards to 272 from 134 in the present Council.

Minto Road Councillor Ramesh Dutta had sought direction to quash the notification of the commission saying it was arbitrary and mala fide, which denied him an opportunity to contest from either the Minto Road or Darya Ganj ward by reserving both for women.

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