The filing of nominations will begin from November 7, and the last date for the same is November 14.
The fact that Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav themselves handed out 183 appointment letters to newly-recruited Urdu translators and stenographers indicates their willingness to strike a contrast to communal politics.
The Air Force authorities, in response to the RTI by an aggrieved aspirant, said that the recruitment process has been "withheld" due to the introduction of the controversial Agnipath scheme.
In a letter to K. Rajagopal Reddy, the poll panel also asked him to ensure that the Rs 5. 24 crore in question is not used to induce voters.
The arrests were made on October 29, Saturday night after the Telangana high court had set aside a lower court's order that had dismissed the case citing lack of evidence.
The state's Additional Advocate General told this to the Telangana high court during arguments on a petition filed by the BJP seeking a CBI probe into the TRS MLA-poaching case.
While Somanna has not yet reacted to the incident, the woman said he was consoling her after she tried to prostrate before him.
The consignment was delivered in April 2017, bolstering the claim made by the New York Times that India purchased Pegasus that year as part of a major defence deal.