A division bench of Chief Justice Khilaraj Regmi and Justice Prakash Wasti today issued an order to that end. "A directive order has been issued for holding elections at an appropriate time by making all necessary arrangements," the court order states. [break]
It may be noted that Madhav Poudel of the District Development Committee Federation, Bidur Mainali of Nepal Municipalities´ Association and lawyer Dr Chandra Kanta Gyawali on behalf of Village Development Committee Federation, had filed a writ petition at the apex court in February, demanding that local bodies´ election be held immediately.
"The elections of local bodies cannot be held since 2056 BS and corruption and irregularities have been rampant as the local bodies are being run through the political mechanism", the petition says.
The petition was filed on the basis of the amended Article (139) of the Interim Constitution that clearly states that the election of the local bodies will be conducted. Earlier also, advocate Gyawali registered a writ petition at the court demanding the conduction of local bodies´ election and responding to the petition, the court had drawn the government´s attention to that end.
Talking to RSS, advocate Dr Gyawali said he had to file the petition on the same matter twice since the government turned a deaf ear towards the SC´s call and did not pay any heed to hold the election.
With today´s decision of the Supreme Court, the government has been compelled to hold the election, he added.
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