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This means that Stalin, who is a DMK MLA and son of party president M Karunanidhi, will have to give up either his assembly seat or the mayorship of the Chennai civic corporation.
Disposing of a public interest litigation challenging the controversial notification, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Subashan Reddy and Justice D Murugesan, however, restrained the government from notifying elections to the mayor's post pending disposal of the petition and posted it for August five.
Stalin was served with a notice pursuant to a gazette notification issued on June six calling upon him to opt to continue either as a legislator or mayor, but not both.
The notification also said that should he not opt of being a legislator then he will lose the mayoral post on June 18.
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