EX HAV KRISHAN KUMAR vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ORTHERS

-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH *** 133 CWP-17802-2026 Date of Decision: 29.05.2026 EX. HAV. KRISHAN KUMAR …Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present:- Mr. Jitender Nara, Advocate for petitioner Mr. Deepak Vashishth, DAG, Haryana *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is seeking quashing of order dated 04.05.2026 passed by the State Registrar whereby members of Haryana Ex-Servicemen League (for short ‘HESL’) who are drawing salary from project work are made eligible to participate in the upcoming society’s election. He is further seeking direction to respondents to remove names of paid employees of HESL from the voter list/Electoral Collegium of HESL and to restrain them from participating in the election process of the society. 2. The petitioner is a member of HESL-Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 followed by re-registration under the provisions of the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012 (for short ‘2012 Act’). Several complaints qua irregularities and lack