<p>The Mayoral election scheduled on March 2 has been postponed, a release from the Regional Commissioner of Mysuru Region, who is also the Election Officer, said.</p>.<p>Adiitonally, the elections for four Standing Committees in the council scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed.</p>.<p>The election has been postponed after the State government failed to clarify whether a recent verdict of the Supreme Court on reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies will come in the way of conducting the election. The Supreme Court had delivered a verdict on January 19, 2022, in the Ramesh Wagh vs The State of Maharashtra.</p>.<p>In the Mayoral election, the post of Mayor was reserved for a general category candidate (Councillor), while that of Deputy Mayor was reserved for Backward Class A woman (Councillor).</p>.<p>The term of Premananda Shetty as Mayor and Sumangala Rao as Deputy Mayor and the term of the four Standing Committees will come to an end on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The Mayoral election scheduled on March 2 has been postponed, a release from the Regional Commissioner of Mysuru Region, who is also the Election Officer, said.</p>.<p>Adiitonally, the elections for four Standing Committees in the council scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed.</p>.<p>The election has been postponed after the State government failed to clarify whether a recent verdict of the Supreme Court on reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies will come in the way of conducting the election. The Supreme Court had delivered a verdict on January 19, 2022, in the Ramesh Wagh vs The State of Maharashtra.</p>.<p>In the Mayoral election, the post of Mayor was reserved for a general category candidate (Councillor), while that of Deputy Mayor was reserved for Backward Class A woman (Councillor).</p>.<p>The term of Premananda Shetty as Mayor and Sumangala Rao as Deputy Mayor and the term of the four Standing Committees will come to an end on Wednesday.</p>