Mumbai, Nov. 29 -- The Supreme Court's interim order has created fresh uncertainty over the schedule for district council and panchayat samiti polls. Officials indicated that the State Election Commission (SEC) may now hold the municipal corporation elections in the second phase and push the district council and panchayat samiti polls to the final phase, allowing more time for clarity. The ambiguity arises in the case of 32 district councils and 336 panchayat samitis, where the court has permitted the SEC to proceed with elections only in the bodies that have not crossed the 50% reservation limit. Of these, 17 district councils and 84 panchayat samitis have breached the cap. Following the Supreme Court's order on Friday, SEC officials said that the elections to municipal councils and nagar panchayats will be held on December 2. However, it is not clear if the SEC can hold elections to the district councils and panchayat samitis exceeding the quota by bringing it below 50%. "We will discuss the order with our counsels for clarity and take a call early next week," said an SEC official. The SEC is unlikely to approach the apex court again for clarity, but may wait for other petitioners to do so. "We may hold the municipal corporation elections in the second phase in the first or second week of January, and keep the district council and panchayat samiti elections for the third phase by the end of January. We are bound to complete all three phases by the deadline of January 31. By interchanging the second and third phases, we can get more time to take a call on district councils and panchayat samitis that have exceeded the reservation limit. If we cannot make any decision over them, we will announce the polls for the ones that are within the limit of 50% reservation," said another SEC official. Advocate Devdatt Palodkar, appearing on behalf of petitioner Rahul Ramesh Wagh, said the SEC can reduce reservation in the bodies breaching the cap. "Some of these district councils and panchayat samitis have exceeded the reservation in one or two constituencies and will not need more time to re-do the reservation," he added....