NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere in the Rajya Sabha elections for two seats in Gujarat , saying that the notification for the polls has already been issued by the Election Commission (EC).A vacation bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai said the writ petition of Gujarat Congress cannot be entertained but it allowed the party to file an election petition after the polls to challenge the EC decision for holding separate polls for two seats.On June 23, the EC had told the Supreme Court that there is no illegality in holding separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, a procedure that has been followed since 1957, and sought dismissal of Gujarat Congress’ plea.In an affidavit filed in the SC, the EC refuted the Congress allegation of bias and brought to the court’s notice its earlier decisions of holding separate polls in byelections for RS seats in 2006 and 2009. It said HCs of Delhi and Bombay had delivered judgments in its favour for holding separate polls.On June 19, the SC had sought a response from the EC by June 24 on a plea of the Gujarat Congress, challenging the poll panel's decision to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state.Senior advocate Vivek Tankha, appearing for the Gujarat Congress, had said there were judgments of the Delhi high court which were in their favour.The petition was filed by Congress MLA from Amreli and Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly, Pareshbhai Dhanani .The Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant following the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani to the Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar and Amethi, respectively.In his plea, Dhanani has sought a direction to quash and declare the poll panel's order as "unconstitutional, arbitrary, illegal, void ab initio" and said it violated Article 14 of the Constitution.He submitted that the poll panel be directed to hold simultaneous by-elections and polling for filling of all vacancies in all states, including Gujarat.The plea also alleged that the BJP, running the government at the Centre, has used the Election Commission's Office for its political propaganda.The EC on June 15 also cited two Delhi high court rulings of 1994 and 2009 which had supported the system of holding separate bypolls in the same state under provisions of the Representation of the People Act.The Congress had demanded that the bypolls to the two vacant seats in Gujarat be held together as in case of separate elections, the BJP being the ruling party would have an advantage and win both the seats.Read this story in Marathi