The Election Commission (EC) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to uphold the election code of conduct requiring elected representatives to resign from their posts while contesting local elections.

In the code of conduct of the Election Commission, it has been mentioned that the people’s representative should resign from the post twhile contesting the local level election. The commission has filed a petition in the court on the same basis.

Earlier, the court had issued an interim order not to implement the provision of the commission’s code of conduct immediately. However, the commission has filed a petition through the Attorney General’s Office seeking revocation of the interim order.