Lucknow,

21 May (HS): On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court confiscated the Lucknow

mayor's administrative and financial powers until she administered the oath to

corporator Lalit Kishore Tiwari. The decision was issued by the Lucknow bench

of the court in a case involving ward number 73 in the city's Faizullaganj

neighborhood, where Tiwari has yet to be sworn in as a corporator five months

after the electoral tribunal certified him elected. The court ruled that until

the corporator deemed elected by the tribunal is given the oath, the mayor's

financial and administrative rights would be suspended. The order was issued by

Justices Alok Mathur and S Q H Rizvi. On May 13, the court issued another

severe ruling on Tiwari's inability to take oath.

On

May 13, the mayor and district magistrate sought an exemption from appearing in

person before the court. The court had then ruled that the oath be given within

a week, failing which the mayor, DM, and municipal commissioner must physically

appear before it on the next date of hearing on May 21.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi