Selangor govt's judicial review against EC's redelineation exercise dismissed (Updated)

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has dismissed the Selangor state government's judicial review against the Election Commission's (EC) redelineation of electoral boundaries.
In his ruling, judge Azizul Azmi said the EC's recommendations on a redelineation exercise, which still has to be passed by Parliament, were not legally binding and thus did not adversely affect the state government's legal rights.
He said the state government's claim that the electoral roll was flawed, as it did not have the addresses of 136,272 voters, did not hold water.
The judge said he was bound by a Court of Appeal decision on the relevant matter.
On Oct 19, 2016, the state government had filed a judicial review against the EC and two others – EC chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hashim Abdullah and Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh – in relation to actions taken in the delimitation exercise affecting the state of Selangor.
The government sought for an order to quash a notice under Section 4 of the "Thirteenth Schedule" to the Federal Constitution, titled "Proposed recommendation for Federal and State constituencies in the states of Malaya", dated Sept 15, 2016.
They were seeking for a declaration that the failure of the EC to use the current electoral roll in the delimitation of constituencies as reviewed by EC in 2016 is unconstitutional.
The state government also sought for an order to compel the EC to publish a new notice and new recommendations, which comply with the Thirteenth Schedule and must be based on the current electoral roll, which is the supplementary electoral roll certified on July 20, 2017, taking into account the correct and updated addresses of 136,272 voters and provide sufficient particulars as to the effect of the proposed recommendations.
Azizul later granted a stay pending an appeal by the state government.