State Government has declared general holiday on May 24, Friday in the wards of the urban local bodies and the panchayats going to participate in by-polls.
Notably, 366 seats of panchs, sarpanchs, janpad sadasya and other posts in the three-tier panchayat raj system and four seats of corporators in urban local bodies are vacant and where bye-elections are scheduled on that day. General Administration Department (GAD) issued a notification in this regard from Mahanadi Bhavan, Naya Raipur, on Thursday.
Notably , the status as on December 23, 2013 in at least 10 districts of the State, eight seats of Janpad panchayat sadasya, 47 posts of Sarpanch, 311 of Panchs and for 4 seats of urban units are lying vacant, and to fill them, by-elections are scheduled on May 24. In Bilaspur district, 6 seats of sarpanch and 26 seats of Panchs, In Mungeli district one post for Janpad panchayat member, six of sarpanch and seven of panchs.
In Janjgir-Champa district two seats of janpad panchayat members, three of sarpanchs and 40 of panchs, in Korba district two of sarpanchs and 19 of panchs, in Surajpur
district-3 of Sarpanch and 20 of panch, in Balrampur district two of sarpanch and three of panch, in Suguja district two seat of janpad pancahyat member, four of Sarpanch and 29 seats of panch, in Korea district one of Janpad panchayat member, one of sarpanch and 8 of Panch, in Raigarh district one of janpad panchayat member , 15 of Sarpanch and 141 of panch, in Jashpur district one of Janpad panchayat sadasya, five of Sarpanch and 18 seats of Panch which are vacant for variety of reasions, have to undergo by-elections on May 24.
likewise by-elections will also take place in Korba district for the post of president in nagar panchayat Churikala, in Surajpur District nagar panchayat Bishrampur ward number -15 and nagar panchayat Premnagar Ward number -8 and in Jashpur district nagar palika parishad Jashpur , ward number-18. To ensure the participation of public in the by-elections, general holiday has been declared by the ministry of department of general administrations on May 24.