The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Union Territory of Ladakh administration's plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order relating to the allotment of the party symbol plough to the National Conference for the upcoming Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) election. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah also imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on it.
The apex court ordered to issue a fresh notification within seven days for the LHADC election and said that LAHDC entire election process in question stands set aside. The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court had dismissed the Ladakh administration's plea against a single bench order allowing NC candidates to contest the upcoming polls for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, on the party symbol, as per news agency PTI.
The administration had approached a division bench of the high court against the single bench order of August 9 which directed the NC to approach the office of the Election Department of the administration of Ladakh to notify the reserved symbol 'plough' already allotted to for in the polls.
According to a notification issued by the election department on August 5, the polls for 26 seats of the 30-member LAHDC, Kargil, are scheduled for September 10 and the counting of votes will take place four days later.