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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: Expressing displeasure over the state government for forcing the State Election Commission (SEC) to approach the court for delimitation of BBMP wards, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the government to file objections setting out the exercise for delimitation and reservation of wards. Senior advocate K N Phanindra drew the court’s attention to the hardship faced by SEC due to state’s delay in delimitation and reservation exercise. The government advocate submitted that they need 30 days for delimitation and more time for reservation of wards. The SEC had moved the court seeking directions for immediate issue of final denotification of delimitation as well as the final notification of reservation of seats in all 198 wards. The SEC said they are handicapped in taking any further steps in the preparation, announcing and conducting elections to BBMP..