Koraput, April 6: The Andhra Pradesh High Court (HC) today stayed the panchayat elections scheduled to be held on April 8 .

Andhra Pradesh had recently declared Mandal and Zilla Parishad election within Kotia group of villages that belong to Odisha. Andhra’s state election officer had issued a formal notification on April 1 in this regard.

Polling would be conducted for Talaganjeipadar and Patachenuru village on April 8 and vote counting would be held on April 10, the notification had said.