JUDGMENT

Ashok Kumar Verma, J. - This order will dispose of CWP Nos.11619, 12143, 13143, 13151, 13560, 14353, 16979 and 14804 of 2020 as common questions of law and facts are involved in all the connected writ petitions. For the sake of brevity and convenience, the facts are being taken from CWP No. 11619 of 2020.

CWP Nos.11619, 12143, 13151, 13560, 14353 of 2020

2. In sum and substance, the petitioners have approached this Court through these writ petitions challenging the final notification dated 14.07.2020 issued by Department of Local Government, State of Punjab whereby the Delimitation Board has been constituted for the purpose of delimitation of wards of Municipal Councils of Zirakpur, Nawanshahr, Gobindgarh, District Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga and Lalru Tehsil Dera Bassi District S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali). However, this challenge has been given up by learned counsel for the petitioner(s) which is reflected from the order dated 18.9.2020 passed by this Court in this lead case i.e. CWP No.11619 of 2020 alongwith some other connected writ petitions. There is also a challenge to the notification dated 28.07.2020 (Annexure P-9), a proposed new ward notification of Municipal Councils/Corpora