DC gets one year extension instead of three months

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) The Centre has extended the term of Delimitation Commission by one year to July 31, 2008 instead of three months, as requested by the panel, an official release said here.

The Commission is through with the delimitation process with regard to 22 states and has issued final orders and notification, the release said.

As for Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand and Asom, the Commission is lkely to pass the final orders before August 31, 2007. The work in respect of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland is in progress and likely to be completed by September 15, 2007.

The Gauhati High Court, by its judgement dated January 19, 2007, had stayed the delimitation exercise till fresh census in three hill districts of Manipur was completed.

The Supreme Court granted interim stay of the impugned order of the Gauhati High Court while issuing notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by the government which came up for hearing on July 13.

Therefore, the Manipur delimitation work would be resumed and completed by September 30, 2007.

The archiving of records and winding up of operations will take place in the month of October.

The Commission, after clarifying its position, stated that it would require only three months additional time to complete its work and not more than that, the release added.

UNI