JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records in Government Gazette Notification No. 46-VI(2)/4(d)/2022, dated 17.1.2022 on the file of the third respondent herein and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to reconsider the reservation for women in accordance with law considering the women population in the ward and conduct the election within a stipulated time.

1. The writ petition, in the nature of public interest litigation, is to challenge the Government Gazette Notification No. 46-VI(2)/4(d)/2022, dated 17.1.2022 issued by the Chennai City Municipal Corporation.

2. The challenge to the notification is precisely in regard to the reservation of wards in the Chennai Municipal Corporation Elections in favour of women for the ensuing election on 19.1.2022. It is the contention of the petitioner that, as per the Constitution and the statute, the delimitation of the wards should be based on the population, but ignoring the same the notification was issued.

3. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner has made reference of the earlier notification by which the reservat