JUDGMENT : 

AJAY MOHAN GOEL, J.

1. By way of this petition, the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:

“(i) That the order dated 19.07.2025 (Annexure P-6) and the order dated 16.06.2025 passed by respondent No.3 (Annexure P-3) may kindly be set aside in the interest of justice.

(ii) That the objection as well as the appeal filed by the present petitioner may kindly be allowed.”

2. Brief facts necessary for the adjudication of this petition are that in terms of notification 24.05.2025, the State Election Commission in exercise of powers vested under Article 243ZA of the Constitution of India, read with Section 9 and 10 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 and Section 10 and 281 of the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1994 read with Rules framed thereunder, issued the programme for delimitation of wards of Urban Local Bodies in the State (excluding Municipal Corporation, Shimla). The petitioner preferred objections with regard to the delimitation of the wards of Municipal Council, Sundernagar in terms of Annexure P-2, dated 06.06.2025. Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, vide order dated 16.06.2025 dismissed the objections filed by the petitioner against the draft delimita