RAKESH KUMAR AND OTHERS vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CWP-5238-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-5238-2026 JUDGEMENT JUDGEMENT OPERATIVE PART UPLOADED ON RESERVED ON PRONOUNCED PRONOUNCED OR ON FULL 21.04.2026 08.05.2026 FULL 08.05.2026 PRONOUNCED Rakesh Kumar and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present: Mr. Sourabh Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Rahul Mohan, Addl. AG, Haryana. Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vipul Thakur, Advocate for respondent No.3. **** ANOOP CHITKARA, J. 1. The petitioners, out of whom petitioner No. 3 was former Municipal Councilor of Municipal Corporation Ambala, have come up before this Court by challenging the notification dated September 04, 2025 (Annexure P-7) issued under Section 11(8) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act 1994 r/w Rule 3 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Delimitation of Wards Rules 1994, vide which the seats have been reserved for various categories in Municipal Corporation, Ambala, have come up before this Court by filing the present writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to i