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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
Sureshwar Thakur, Sudeepti Sharma
Gram Panchayat Kalanwali – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sureshwar Thakur, J.
Through the instant writ petition, the petitioners herein pray for the issuance of a writ of Certiorari for quashing the impugned notification dated 25.04.2023 (Annexure P-11), wherebys respondent No.l included the area(s) of village Kalanwali within the limits of Municipal Committee, District Sirsa, by purportedly ignoring the guidelines dated 03.03.2009 (Annexure P-12); Gram Panchayat's resolution dated 21.02.2023 (Annexure P-9); objections dated 22.02.2023 (Annexure P-10) filed by the residents against the draft notification dated 13.01.2023 (Annexure P-8).
Factual Background
2. Village Kalanwali is the largest village in District Sirsa and Municipal Committee, Kalanwali adjoins the said village and most of the people of the village are doing agricultural work.
3. Owing to some political considerations, some residents of Village Kalanwali, approached Sh. Krishan Kumar Bedi, Political Secretary to Chief Minister, Haryana, and requested that their area of village Kalanwali be included in the Municipal Committee, Kalanwali , whereupon Krishan Kumar Bedi, Political Secretary of Chief Minister proceeded to recommend the said request (Annexure P-1) to the au
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