Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will submit the final reservation list for panchayat elections to the State Election Commission soon, said Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena.
The minister said the preparation of list for different posts of Panchayati Raj Institutions like sarpanch, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad by the department is underway. The final reservation list will be submitted to the Election Commission soon, he added.
Earlier, the list for Zilla Parishad Chairman posts has already been published.
The Odisha government on Wednesday informed the high court it would withdraw a reservation notification issued for the panchayat elections, realising that it was “faulty”.
The court was hearing a petition challenging the October 1 notification for reservation of seats.
It had asked the State Election Commission (SEC) to submit an affidavit, detailing the reservation policy to be adopted for the elections, scheduled to be held early next year.
