The Calcutta High Court today directed West Bengal chief secretary and home secretary to submit affidavits stating why its order of July 10 on force deployment for the panchayat elections was not complied with by the West Bengal government.
The State Election Commission's counsel told the bench of Justice Sanjib Banerjee that it did not get details of force deployment during the pre-poll period from the government as directed by the court.
Advocate General Bimal Chatterjee told Justice Banerjee that it had earlier provided SEC with details of force deployment on poll days as per an earlier direction of July 4 by the court.
The court had also directed on July 10 that the state ensure that more than one motorcycle was not used in rallies by any political party or candidate.
Not satisfied with the reply of the Advocate General, the court directed the chief secretary and the home secretary to clarify through affidavits why its order of July 10 was not complied with within July 15.
