Civil Writ Petition No. 11439 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 11439 of 2010 Date of Decision: 2.7.2010 Sandeep Hooda …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) In the present petition, grievance of the petitioner is that his ward has been reserved for general (female) consecutively for third time and the principle of rotation has not been followed. It is further submitted that the right of the petitioner to contest the election from ward No. 5, of Zila Parishad, Rohtak, has been defeated. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that act of the respondents, in reserving the ward three times continuously, is against the policy and Article 243(D) of the Constitution. In the present case, vide notification (Annexure P3), the election schedule has been notified and the same is to be conducted in two phases. The date of poll has been fixed on 6.7.2010 (first phase) and 10.7.2010 (second phase). The prayer, made by the petitioner, cannot be answered by this Court as the election process has already Civil Writ Petition No. 11439 of 2010 2 been initiated and the votes are to be polled on 6.7.2010 and 10.7.2010, respectively. The petitioner has approached this Court too late. The petitioner ought to have challenged the reservation of the ward, at the earliest. Otherwise also, the Court is refrained to intervene once the election process is on. Thus, no interference is warranted in the present petition and the same is dismissed. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge July 2, 2010 “DK”