May 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal yesterday said that it will decide on May 8th whether to postpone the upcoming Eastern provincial Council polls.

The Court made this statement when it examined a petition filed by Tamil Democratic Party requesting the Court to issue an interim order to postpone the elections.

The petitioning political party’s nomination for the Trincomalee district had been rejected and the party states that the decision was illegal.

However, the Election Commissioner protesting the petitioners request said the election should not be postponed at this stage as the postal voting has already been completed.

The election is scheduled to be held on May 10.