Lucknow, June 4 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday asked the State Election Commission to mention the panchayat election date and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit the report of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission, constituted to examine issues related to reservation for OBCs in panchayati raj institutions, at the next hearing on July 10.

The court was hearing a petition challenging the state government's recent decision to extend the tenure of existing gram pradhans (village head) by six months and appoint them as administrators.

"The court directed the State Election Commission to inform the date of the elections at the next hearing. The court further directed the state government to su...