Overview
- The division bench of Justices P. Sam Koshy and Suddala Chalapathi Rao held that courts cannot intervene once the election notification is issued.
- The court noted flaws in how minimum population norms were applied to reservation allotments but said this does not justify stopping the polls.
- The State Election Commission reported that nominations for the first two phases are complete and the third phase process is underway.
- Petitioners challenged reliance on 2011 census data and cited villages such as Mahmudapatnam, where ST reservations were assigned despite very few ST voters.
- The bench dismissed a separate plea that named 29 IAS officers as respondents and recorded that any seats left vacant will be re-contested in consultation with the government.