Amaravathi: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Sunday heard a batch of petitions filed by 18 TDP candidates for the Chittoor Municipal Corporation elections, whose nominations were allegedly withdrawn by using the forged signatures of candidates.

Appearing on behalf of the petitioners, senior counsel Dammalapati Srinivas informed the court that the returning officers allowed withdrawal of nominations considering the pleas for the same filed by forging the signatures of the petitioners.

SEC counsel N Aswini Kumar said the Commission received complaints about withdrawal of nominations allegedly by forging the signatures of the candidates on March 5 and that the Commission has the powers to act on the complaints. The Commission has already asked the Chittoor district collector to submit a report, Aswini Kumar said, adding that the same would be submitted to the court.