The State Election Commission has written a letter to Haryana Government for lifting the Model Code of Conduct in 18 districts where Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) elections have been held, State Election Commissioner, Dhanpat Singh said on Wednesday.

With this, development and administrative work will go on smoothly in these districts. The PRIs elections are to be held in Faridabad, Palwal, Hisar and Fatehabad on November 22 and November 25, hence the model code of conduct will remain in force in these districts.

Singh said this time, the elections of PRIs are being held in three phases. In the first two phases polls for the post of Panch, Sarpanch, Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members have already been held in  Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak Sirsa and Sonipat

"A letter has been sent to the Chief Secretary to lift the model code of conduct in these 18 districts so that development works and administrative works can be restarted there,” added Singh.

The State Election Commissioner said that in the third phase elections will be held in Faridabad, Palwal, Hisar and Fatehabad. Voting for the post of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members will be held on November 22, while elections for the post of Panch and Sarpanch will be held on  November 25.

After the completion of the polling of all three phases of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the state, the results of the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti members will be declared on November 27, he added.