JAMSHEDPUR, Nov. 28 -- Persons having more than two children will not be eligible to contest the imminent urban body elections in Jharkhand for which the seat reservation formula has now been sent to the district deputy commissioners (DCs) by the Jharkhand State Election Commission (SEC), people close to the development said on Friday.

"Directives undersigned by the SEC secretary Radheshyam Prasad have been sent to all the DCs for preparing reservation roster and other conditions for the upcoming Municipal Elections in the state. People having more than two children, and whose last offspring was born after February 9, 2013, can't fight the urban body polls in the state," a senior official told HT on Friday.

"If the number of children wa...