The AIADMK has submitted a representation to Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M Appavu seeking to declare as vacant the Tirukkoyilur Assembly constituency, which was held by former Minister K. Ponmudy until his disqualification under the Representation of People Act. The Madras High Court had in December last year convicted him in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced him to three years imprisonment.
The representation pointed out that though Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provided that such disqualification does not take effect till the appeal filed by the disqualified member was heard, it was declared as illegal by the Supreme Court in the Lily Thomas Vs. Union of India case.
