HC issues notice to Punjab govt against dissolution of panchayats, next hearing on 28
Punjab News: Less than a week after the Punjab government issued a notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Punjab government on a plea seeking quashing of the decision.
The petition said that the notification of August 10 is completely illegal. A division bench of Justices Raj Mohan Singh and Harpreet Singh Brar posted the matter for further hearing on August 28.
The petitioners have contended that all gram panchayats in the state of Punjab were wrongly and illegally dissolved before the expiry of the term of the elected representatives. The petitioners assumed office in January 2019. Thus, his tenure was till January 2024, but the state government decided to hold elections to gram panchayats by December 31