The elections to the three tier Panchayat Raj institutions in Uttar Pradesh are likely to be held in February next year.
The election process is expected to be completed ahead of the commencement of the UP Board’s high school and intermediate examinations.
The State Election Commission has started the process of delimitation of panchayat and urban local body constituencies. The process of delimitation of panchayats bodies in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Gonda, Sambhal and Moradabad districts will begin from Monday.
Additional Chief Secretary (Panchayati Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh has issued orders for the same. The reorganisation of panchayats will be notified in the gazette by December 18.
The additional chief secretary has set the timetable for delimitation in these four districts and proposals will be taken from Monday onwards to November 20 in relation to the reorganisation of the three-tier gram panchayats. For the reorganisation and delimitation of gram panchayats from November 21 to 25, the final publication of the proposal prepared at the district level will be done.
Objections will be received up to December 2 on final publication. After this, the final recommendations on all application forms will be sent to the Panchayati Raj department by December 6 and a notification for the completion of delimitation will be issued from December 7 to 13. The gazette notification of the same will be issued from December 14 to 18.
According to information, by the end of the year, the revision of the voter list of panchayats will also be completed. Significantly, the term of the panchayats in the state will end on December 25. The preparations for the panchayat elections were scheduled to commence from March this year, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown.