India, June 28 -- The Allahabad High Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Government over the delay in holding Gram Panchayat elections and directed it to file a detailed affidavit.

The Court observed that if the order appointing Gram Pradhans as administrators under Section 12(3-A) had already been declared unconstitutional by the High Court, then why was such an illegal order issued again?

The Court also directed that the Backwards Classes Commission be impleaded as a party in the petition and asked the State Government to place the Commission's report on record.

Justice Siddharth Nandan's Bench made it clear that the State Government must inform the Court by when the Panchayat elections will be conducted, failing which the concerne...