The Mayoral election which was scheduled for March 2, Wednesday has been postponed, according to Regional Commissioner of Mysuru Region who is also the Election Officer. The Government is yet to respond to the clarification sought by both the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada and the Regional Commissioner whether a recent verdict of the Supreme Court on reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in local bodies will come in the way of conducting the Mayoral election.

In the Mayoral election, the office of Mayor has been reserved for a general category candidate (councillor), while the office of Deputy Mayor has been set aside for a Backward Class A woman (councillor). The term of Premananda Shetty as Mayor and Sumangala Rao as Deputy Mayor and the term of the four Standing Committees will come to an end on Wednesday.  Sources in the corporation said that they will continue in the office till a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected. The existing Standing Committees will also continue to function till then.