The Editor News, Chandigarh —— HC Bench comprising ACJ Ritu Bahri and Justice Nidhi Gupta while issuing notices to State Government and State Election Commission Punjab for next week ( in a PIL filed by Parbodh Chander Bali of Amritsar ) for next week, has directed State Counsel to inform the Court on next date of hearing about it’s Schedule to hold elections to Municipal Corrporations, which are overdue since January, 2023. Counsel for petitioners submitted that these elections were required to be held before Completion of tenure of Municipal Corporations in January, 2023 , as it is mandatory under Article 249-U of Constitution of India as well as under Section 7 of Punjab Municipal Coroorations to do so. By not conducting these elections, the State has deprived the voters of their valuable democratic right to elect their representatives for their grass root democratic institutions for about one year, as the State Election Commission has yet not notified Schedule for holding elections
State Counsel directed to seek instructions regarding schedule to hold elections to Municipal Corporations in Punjab
The Editor News, Chandigarh —— HC Bench comprising ACJ Ritu Bahri and Justice Nidhi Gupta while issuing notices to State Government and State Election Commission Punjab for next week ( in a PIL filed by Parbodh Chander Bali of Amritsar ) for next week, has directed State Counsel to inform the Court on next date of hearing about it’s Schedule to hold elections to Municipal Corrporations, which are overdue since January, 2023. Counsel for petitioners submitted that these elections were required to be held before Completion of tenure of Municipal Corporations in January, 2023 , as it is mandatory under Article 249-U of Constitution of India as well as under Section 7 of Punjab Municipal Coroorations to do so. By not conducting these elections, the State has deprived the voters of their valuable democratic right to elect their representatives for their grass root democratic institutions for about one year, as the State Election Commission has yet not notified Schedule for holding elections