Nainital, May 7 (PTI): The Uttarakhand High Court will announce its verdict on the nine disqualified Congress lawmakers on May 9.

‎The nine members of the legislative assembly are important for sacked Congress chief minister Harish Rawat in the floor test scheduled by the Supreme Court for May 10.

“The hearing has been concluded. I will pronounce the judgement at 10.15am on May 9,” Justice U.C. Dhyani said in brief remarks to counsel at the conclusion of argumentson Saturday.

While ordering the floor test, the Supreme Court had said that the disqualified MLAs cannot participate in the voting if continue to remain disqualified at the time of voting.

At present, in the 70-member assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party has 28 members, Congress has 27, and Bahujan Samaj Party two.

There are three independent MLAs and one belongs to Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P).