MARGAO
A couple of candidates, who had come to the office of the Returning Officer to file nomination papers for the Margao Municipal Council election on Monday, returned home disappointed after news spread about the High Court order.
While the Returning Officer for the Cuncolim Municipal Election John Fernandes accepted as many as 11 nomination papers, the Returning Officer for the Margao Municipal Council, Jyoti Kumari, IAS, did receive a single nomination paper on Monday.
Reason: The High Court pronounced its verdict in the ward reservation case, setting aside the ward reservation for Margao along with five other Civic bodies.
Around the same time, a couple of candidates were spotted outside the office of the Returning officer, Margao, morning. Though the election officials and the Returning Officer received no communique from the State Election Commission, the candidates returned home aware that the election process will be kept on hold after the court order.
