<span style="color: #222222;">Court has put on hold the elections for local bodies in nine new districts of Tamil Nadu.<br />'' <br />'' The state government told the court that it is willing to put on hold the local bodies poll in nine new districts for complying with legal formalities such as a fresh delimitation exercise and for deciding the issue of reservation for women and SC/ST candidates.<br />'' <br />'' A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde considered the suggestion put forward by the Tamil Nadu government.<br />'' <br />'' The bench said, there shall be no legal impediment in holding the elections in the rest nine districts of Tamil Nadu. It directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to conduct the delimitation exercise and other formalities afresh and conclude them in four months.<br />'' <br />'' The bench also said the local body elections in the remaining districts of the southern state will be held as per the earlier schedule.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The state election commission had on Monday announced that the local body polls in Tamil Nadu will be held in two phases on December 27 and 30 without complying with the formalities. </span><br />