Lucknow, Oct 27 (PTI) Around 5,000 members of the Oudh Bar Association at the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench will vote as polling begins at 10 am on Wednesday to elect office-bearers for 22 posts.
Voter slips have already been distributed among members. Voters must carry either their Certificate of Practice or Oudh Bar Association identity card to take part in the electoral exercise.
The votes will be counted on Thursday.
According to Assistant Election Officer R B S Rathore, 11 candidates are contesting for the president’s post, while eight are in the fray for the secretary-general’s position.
The senior vice-president’s post is reserved for women, with three candidates contesting. As many as 14 candidates are vying for the middle vice-president’s post and 12 for the junior vice-president’s.
The joint secretary’s posts will also see a keen contest, with seven women candidates competing for a seat reserved for women. The treasurer’s post is also reserved for women, with 13 candidates in the fray.
The executive committee elections are also expected to be closely contested.
For the four senior executive committee seats, 25 men are contesting, while seven candidates are vying for two seats reserved for women.
Similarly, 24 men are contesting for four junior executive committee seats, while seven women candidates are in the fray for two seats reserved for women.
On Monday, the Lucknow bench had barred 300 member advocates of the Oudh Bar Association (OBA) from voting in its annual general elections.
A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla, while hearing a public interest litigation, had ruled that 155 advocates whose Certificates of Practice (COPs) mention a place other than the Oudh Bar Association in Lucknow as their voting location and 145 lawyers whose certificates have not been renewed will not be allowed to vote. PTI COR NAV RUK
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