'Pondy civic poll put off to rectify quota issues'

The proposed three-phase civic polls in Puducherry is to be deferred as the Union government has advised the Union territory’s government to adjourn them till anomalies relating to reservation for SC/STs, women and BCs are rectified “The chief minister is likely to convene a meeting and take a decision today,” additional solicitor-general of India R Shankaranarayanan told the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu on Monday, adding that he had already advised the chief minister to defer the election.

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