Students wait for their turn to cast votes for Delhi University Students’ Union Elections at Miranda House College in North Campus of Delhi University on Tuesday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

New Delhi: The Delhi high court has given a go-ahead to the Delhi University to declare the results for the post of president in the DU Students’ Union (Dusu) election which was held on Tuesday.

The counting of votes is scheduled for Wednesday. The order came on a plea by the university seeking modification of its September 8 interim order by which it had allowed NSUI presidential candidate, Rocky Tuseed, to contest the election but directed the varsity not to declare the results for the post of the president.

The order came after the university contended that partial counting of votes would not be possible as the polls were being conducted through EVM which consists of a single control unit.

The court, however, said that the poll outcome will be subject to its final decision in the pending petition of Mr Tuseed, who has challenged the University Election Commission’s order rejecting his nomination for the polls.

“The result for the post of the president be declared as per schedule. The outcome of the election result will be subject to the outcome of this main petition,” Justice Indermeet Kaur said.

The high court had, in an interim order on September 8, allowed Mr Tuseed to contest the Dusu elections while setting aside the September 7 order of DU Chief Election Officer.

“The petitioner (Tuseed) is permitted to participate in the election of the DUSU for the post of president. He is also permitted to campaign for the said post. The result of the election will, however, not be declared; it will be kept in a sealed cover. Subject to the final outcome of the writ petition, the final result will be declared,” it had then said.

During the day’s hearing, the university’s counsel sought modification of the court’s order saying that polling was done by electronic voting machine (EVM) comprising one control unit. 

He said that partial counting was not possible in the machine and that it will not be able to complete the counting and the election process.