HARMANDEEP SINGH AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CWP-13707-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 164 CWP-13707-2026 (O&M) Date of decision:04.05.2026 Harmandeep Singh Sahota and others ..…Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Gurmanpreet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (ORAL) Prayer in the instant writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing respondents No.1 to 4, to allow petitioner No.1-Harmandeep Singh Sahota, to exercise his legal right of casting vote in terms of Section 24(3) of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act 1994 (for short ‘1994 Act’). 2. Today, Mr. Harpreet Singh, AAG, Punjab, appears on behalf of the respondents-State, in pursuance of the advance copy of the writ petition having already been supplied to him and he, on instructions from Smt. Dilawar Kaur, District Development & Panchayat Officer (DDPO), Ludhiana, submits that presently, the DDPO, Ludhiana has convened a meeting of all the members including the Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat of Bhamaddi, Block Khanna, District Ludhiana for 11.05.2026, so as t