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Gujarat civic polls: HC scraps plea seeking one date for vote counting
A division bench comprising Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Ilesh Vora rejected the petition, which had sought the High Court's direction to quash the SEC's January 23 circular fixing February 23 and March 2 as the dates for counting of votes.
The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the State Election Commission's decision to conduct counting of votes for the local bodies' election on different dates.
While the Gujarat BJP has welcomed the decision, the Congress said it is mulling whether to approach the Supreme Court.
As per the election schedule declared by the SEC in January, polls to six municipal corporations will be held on February 21 and counting of votes will be taken up on February 23.
The elections of municipalities and panchayats will take place on February 28, and counting of votes will be done on March 2.
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