New Delhi: Disqualified Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal has moved the Supreme Court against the Lok Sabha Secretariat for not withdrawing a notification disqualifying him as a member of parliament, despite a high court order staying his conviction in an attempt to murder case, news agency PTI reported.On January 11, a Kavaratti sessions court had sentenced Faizal to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh, for attempting to kill Mohammed Salih, son-in-law of late Congress leader and former Union minister P.M. Sayeed, during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.Faizal, who is a Nationalist Congress Party leader, was disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha after his conviction, the Indian Express reported.The Kerala high court on January 25 suspended the conviction and 10-year sentence of Faizal.The Union Territory of Lakshadweep had then moved the apex court challenging the high court order.Also read: Lakshadweep MP’s Conviction Should Serve as a Stark Reminder to Democratise Governance in UTsIn his petition filed in the apex court, Faizal said the Lok Sabha Secretariat failed to withdraw the notification despite the fact that his conviction was stayed by the high court on January 25, the news agency reported.“The petitioner is constrained to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, against the unlawful inaction on the part of the respondent, Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in not withdrawing the notification dated January 13, 2023, whereby the petitioner was disqualified from his membership of parliament from the Lakshadweep parliamentary constituency,” the plea said.It further claimed that the respondent’s inaction is in the “teeth of the settled law” that disqualification incurred by a member of parliament under section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, ceases to operate if the conviction is stayed by the appellate court under section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Both Faizal and the NCP leader in Lok Sabha Supriya Sule had written to the Lok Sabha speaker at least a month back seeking that his disqualification be revoked officially, the Hindu reported.