The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today fixed Oct 13 for to hear the merits of the Selangor government's challenge against the Election Commission.

This follows the state government losing in its application for discovery of 136,272 voters in Selangor at the Federal Court yesterday.

High Court judge Azizul Azmi Adnan fixed the date in chambers following case management.

Senior federal counsel Amarjeet Singh and Suzana Atan were present for the EC, while Latheefa Koya represented the Selangor government.

It is understood that Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali might file another affidavit before the judicial review hearing, following yesterday's Federal Court decision.

The Selangor government and Azmin filed the judicial review application against the EC last year, challenging the present delimitation exercise and compel the EC to publish a new notice.

On Dec 16 last year, Justice Azizul granted leave, resulting in the hearing of the merits of the case.

At the same time, the Selangor government filed a discovery application to have the addresses of the 136,272 voters and to cross-examine EC chairperson Hashim Abdullah.

Justice Azizul had ordered the EC to furnish the Selangor government with the addresses and localities of the 136,272 voters for the 1993 and 2004 delimitation exercises, However, the judge did not allow the application to cross-examine Hashim.

This decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the EC was not required to furnish the addresses and localities. It also rejected the Selangor government's appeal to cross-examine Hashim.

This decision was upheld by Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif when he led a three-member Federal Court bench that ruled that this is an interlocutory matter and dismissed the Selangor government's application for leave.