


The Court considered the following question whether the following three-fold test, as elucidated by a bench headed by D.Y. However, pending adjudication the Election Commission issued a notification fixing the schedule for elections in October, 2022, while the posts of Deputy Chief Councillor of Municipalities are reserved for specified categories. In this case, the petitioner wanted the elections to the Municipal Body, to be conducted without providing reservation to the Backward Class Category, for it be in breach of the three-fold test and in the absence of reservation, the seats would be left open for General Category.

has held that the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) in urban local body elections was illegal and directed the State Election Commission to re-notify seats reserved for the OBC in the local polls as general category. Patna High Court: In a case relating to the reservation to the backward class category for the post of Councillors in Municipalities, the division bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ.
