Ajay Kumar Mittal, J.

1. This order shall dispose of CWP Nos.15972 and 18730 of 2016, as according to the learned counsel for the parties, the issues involved in both the petitions are common. However, the facts are being extracted from CWP No.15972 of 2016.

2. In CWP No.15972 of 2016, the petitioners pray for a direction to the respondents to hold elections of Pradhan, Nagar Parishad, Bahadurgarh in view of the provisions of Section 24 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 (in short, “the Act”) which provides that every election of the President shall be notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette within 30 days from the date of the declaration of the result in view of the provisions of Section 24 of the Act and Rule 70 of the Haryana Municipal Election Rules, 1978 (in short, “the Rules”). Direction has also been sought to the respondents to hold elections of the Pradhan, Nagar Parishad, Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar within 48 hours as per the provisions of Section 24 of the Act and Rule 70 of the Rules. Prayer has also been made for a direction to the respondents not to allow Member of Parliament/Member of Legislative Assembly (MP/MLA), Bahadurgarh constituency