The Pauri District Bar Association election will be held on May 30 in the district headquarter. The elections are being held for the posts of president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. No candidate has filed nomination for the post of the joint secretary. The candidates contesting the poll to different posts have already started campaigning to secure support.
Chief Election Officer of the District Bar Association, Udai Ram Pant told The Pioneer that no candidate had withdrawn nomination on May 26. Vinodanand Barthwal and Pradeep Bhatt are contesting the polls for the post of president while Subash Raturi and laxmi Rawat are contesting for the post of vice-president. Only one candidate Ashhish Jadlee filed nomination for the post of secretary and will be declared unopposed. Jaspal Singh and MN Kaparwan are contesting for the post of treasurer. Pant said that the election will be conducted under the control and supervision of Chief Election Officer and the two members of the Uttarakhand Bar Council, Nainital.The voting will be held from 10 am to 2 pm on May 30 and the results will be declared after counting of votes on the same day.
Former Pauri Bar Association president Barthwal is considered the stronger candidate in the election to this post and former vice-president Raturi is being seen as the more competitive candidate for the post of vice president.