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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
VIVEK SINGH THAKUR, RANJAN SHARMA
Mahila Mandal of Village Umri – Appellant
Versus
State of H.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VIVEK SINGH THAKUR, J.
1. All these petitions for involvement of common question of law and similar facts, are being decided together by this judgment.
CWP No. 3547 of 2026
2. Petitioners in this petition, by invoking Article 226 of the Constitution of India, have approached this Court against reorganization/division/ bifurcation of Gram Panchayat, Shingla, District Shimla, into two Panchayats, namely Gram Panchayat Shingla and Gram Panchayat Kalna, on the ground that their village Umri has been wrongly included in Gram Panchayat Kalna, which will cause inconvenience to the residents of Village Umri.
3. Apart from other grounds based on the factual matrix, challenge has also been laid to notification creating or reorganizing new Gram Panchayat and delimitation thereof on the ground that action of the respondent-State is vitiated due to non-publication and improper distribution of draft notification dated 10.03.2026. The time period of three days provided for filing objections to the proposal of delimitation, notified vide notification dated 16.03.2026 (Annexure P-4), is unreasonable and violative of settled principles of justice. State Election Commission, vide communication
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