https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273567 Article 243U makes completion of municipal elections before expiry of the five-year term mandatory, reflecting the constitutional scheme for timely local governance. The State Election Commission must conduct elections within that period and cannot defer the process on ordinary administrative grounds such as electoral roll revision or ward delimitation. Only truly exceptional and unavoidable circumstances may justify departure, and even then delay cannot become routine. The constitutional mandate for timely municipal elections is therefore affirmed, with administrative delay insufficient to dilute compliance. en-us Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273567 Article 243U makes completion of municipal elections before expiry of the five-year term mandatory, reflecting the constitutional scheme for timely local governance. The State Election Commission must conduct elections within that period and cannot defer the process on ordinary administrative grounds such as electoral roll revision or ward delimitation. Only truly exceptional and unavoidable circumstances may justify departure, and even then delay cannot become routine. The constitutional mandate for timely municipal elections is therefore affirmed, with administrative delay insufficient to dilute compliance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273567