Another petition by a BJP leader, Kartar Singh Bhadana, hailing from Rajasthan, was also listed along with this case. It had been pointed earlier before the Bench how the notification on re-defining boundaries of constituencies is yet to be placed before the President for her assent before it could be implemented.

The Commission, after having spent a whopping Rs 20 crore, had completed its exercise in 25 states barring Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.

Besides the general election in 2009, 11 states including Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan are scheduled to go to polls between December 2007 and November 2008. But the Government has chose to be indecisive over the implementation of its recommendations, it pointed out.

The matter will now be taken up on February 4.