Now, chief secretary gets notice over assembly dissolution
- | Saturday | 11th February, 2017
The last assembly session was held on August 26, 2016. The six-month period ends early March, while the results of the election will be declared on March 11.Advocate Rodrigues said he would move the high court if issue isn't handled in 24 hrs. PANAJI: The conundrum over convening an assembly session or dissolving the house has reached the office of the chief secretary as well, with a legal notice being served to him to take appropriate action regarding compliance with Article 174 of the Constitution of India.In his notice to chief secretary Dharmendra Sharma, social activist and advocate Aires Rodrigues said, "You should urge the governor to take appropriate steps either to convene the house or dissolve it." He added that failure to do the needful in 24 hours would force him to move the high court of Bombay at Goa and seek its intervention.The notice sent by Rodrigues suggested that as per Article 174 of the Constitution of India, six months shall not lapse between the government's last sitting at an assembly session and the date slated for its first sitting in the next session.
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