CHANDIGARH: After fixing minimum educational qualification of Class X for candidates contesting panchayat polls, Haryana will now make class XII mandatory for aspirants to urban local body elections. The Supreme Court on December 10 had upheld Haryana government’s earlier decision to mandate class X for panchayat polls, saying illiterates can be barred from contesting.
The Haryana advocate general’s office has suggested that qualification for people contesting various municipal committees, councils and corporations could be fixed as class XII. The AG also confirmed that after approval from the state cabinet, an ordinance to amend the Municipal Corporation Election Rules 1994 and Municipal Election Rules 1978 would be promulgated.
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