Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 24: A high court division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanathakumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today allowed floor test for the post of LAHDC chairman. The bench said the floor test was scheduled to be held on August 27, 2016, but the declaration of result would be subject to result in the writ petition as well as the appeal. The court directive came in a LPA seeking stay of the floor test for the post of LAHDC chairman. After hearing the two sides, the bench observed that the advocate general had produced August 12, 2016 notification, directing that for the words "each elected member" appearing in clause (c) of Rule 94 A of the LAHDC (election) Rules, 1995, the words "each member" shall be substituted and the nominated members could vote. |