The Court of Appeal yesterday (7) upheld the Attorney General’s objection, to the UNP’s seeking interim relief against holding Local Government Elections, as not proper.

Senior State Counsel N. G. Pulle appearing for the Commissioner of Elections and the Attorney General stressed that the UNP had not asked for interim relief to postpone the polls in the prayer to the basic petition seeking prohibition on holding the polls on the Electoral Register of 2004.

Counsel Pulle said the petitioners had filed a subsequent affidavit asking only for interim relief but the petitioner had not asked for interim relief in the prayer of the petition. The Court had to consider the petition before it.

Since notice had been issued on the respondents in respect of the petition already filed, the Court advised the petitioner to withdraw the petition and file a fresh petition and ask for interim relief in it.

Petitioner accordingly withdrew the petition. I

t was proforma dismissed. Senior Counsel for the petitioner K. N. Choksy P.C., told Court that the fresh petition was to be filed by yesterday afternoon. The petition is listed to be heard today.