Premananda Shetty To Continue as Mangalore City Mayor Till The Next Mayoral Election

The election for the 23rd mayor for Mangalore city which was scheduled on March 2 has been postponed. This has given an extended term to the 22nd mayor Premanand Shetty. He mentioned that he has got a clarification from officials in the urban development department that an incumbent mayor will be in power till the election is held. Clarification has been made that the incumbent mayor may continue in the post and may hold council meetings till the election is held.

The election was postponed in the wake of a Supreme Court order in a special leave petition related to the state of Maharashtra. The Karnataka government had made a notification reserving the mayor’s post in MCC for general ategory and deputy mayor’s position for backward classes A women (BCAW) for the 23rd term. MCC commissioner Akshy Sridhar said the term of mayor and deputy mayor will be extended since the election date has been postponed. The date for the next mayoral election is not yet finalized and the same will be confirmed by urban development department and the regional commissioner’s office.