By Vijay Pal Brar
Chandigarh, December 5, 2017: Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the government to issue notification for Ludhiana Municipal Corporation polls within 45 days.
Manjit Kaur of Ludhiana petitioned before the HC that elections of Ludhiana MC should be held simultaneously with other civic bodies being held on December 17, 2017.
The government argued that this could not be done because the process of 'wardbandi' (wards delimitation) in Ludhiana was not complete yet. The completion of the same will take another two months.
The HC then issued directions to the government to notify the Ludhiana MC elections within 45 days after completing process of wards delimitation.
The next date of hearing was fixed for February 26, 2018.