The High Court in Kuala Lumpur will defer its decision in the challenge filed by a group of Segamat voters against the Election Commission's inclusion of 949 army personnel from a camp still under construction into the electoral roll.

The Attorney-General’s Chambers filed additional written submissions yesterday, citing the failed challenge of a group of Malacca voters against the EC’s ongoing redelineation exercise.

Federal counsel Muzila Arshad confirmed that the submissions pertained to Section 9A of the Elections Act 1958, which prevents judicial challenges on electoral rolls that have already been gazetted.

It was reported two days ago that the 949 army personnel, as well as their spouses, were gazetted as voters in the Segamat parliamentary constituency on the same day that the EC and AGC were allowed to appeal the case.

Lawyer Michelle Ng (on left in photo), representing the group of 48 voters, said her clients have been instructed by Justice Kamaludin Md Said to provide a reply to the AGC’s submissions.

"The court has now fixed March 20 to deliver its decision," she said.

In December last year, the 48 voters filed a judicial review application to challenge the registration of voters from the incomplete Segamat army camp.

The construction of the camp is only scheduled to be completed in April.

The challenge from the voters came after their objections in a local inquiry were dismissed by the EC.

According to Ng, the voters were denied representation at the local inquiry and were not well-versed in the language it was conducted in.