Additional District Magistrate Leh, Sachin Kumar Vaishya on Saturday issued prohibitory orders under Sec 144 from 6 pm of May 4 up to 11 pm of May 6 in all Assembly Constituencies under the jurisdiction of district Leh.
According to the order, “any assembly of five or morepersons (including contesting candidates and workers) will be deemed asUnauthorized Assembly u/s 144 of the Ranbir Penal Code and will be prohibitedto avoid any procession or rally under the grab of House to House visits or cornersmeeting and to prevent any nuisance and Law and Order Problems.”
Furthermore, vehicles permitted to all Contesting Candidatesby the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officers for campaigning shallnot ply on roads to avoid any distribution of money or gift or liquor and toprevent any nuisance and Law and Order Problem except vehicles authorized bythe Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer on the day of Poll. “Allprivate vehicles shall be checked in dignified manner to avoid, their misuse ofdistribution of money or gifts or liquor and for causing for nuisance also toavoid any harassment to private person,” the order reads.
According to the order, “no liquor shops, hotels,restaurants, clubs and other establishments selling/serving liquor, should bepermitted to sell/serve liquor to anyone whosoever, on the aforesaid days.Non-proprietary clubs, star hotels, restaurants etc. and hotels run by anyoneeven if they are issued different categories of licenses for possession andsupply for liquor should also not to be permitted to serve liquor on thesedays.”However, the order shall not apply to the officers authorized onelection duty by the District Election Officer, Leh District or the StateGovernment including the Polling Officials, Magistrate, Police Officials andGovernment Staff.