Civil Writ Petition No. 16010 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 16010 of 2010 Date of Decision: 8.9.2010 Inderjit …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. H.S. Dhindsa, Advocate for Mr. H.S. Sethi, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The petitioner is a resident of Raja Sansi, Amritsar. It is pleaded that elections to the Nagar Panchayat, Raja Sansi are due to be held in the month of October 2010. Grievance of the petitioner is that Ward No.11 in the year 2005 was reserved for Backward Class candidates and for the elections to be held in October 2010, it is again reserved for Backward Class candidates. It is averred that the rotation of Wards as envisaged under Article 243T is not being followed. As per the case pleaded by the petitioner, in the last election, the wards for election to Nagar Panchayat, Raja Sansi, District Amritsar, were reserved in the following manner:- Reservation of Wards for the elections held in the year 2005 Civil Writ Petition No. 16010 of 2010 2 “(i) Wards reserved for Women (Gen): 4, 7, 13. (ii) Wards reserved for Women (SC): 1, 10 (iii) Wards reserved for S.C. (Men): 2, 8 & 12. (iv) Wards reserved for B.C.: 11 (v) Wards for Gen. Category: 3, 5, 6 and 9”. Whereas in the proposed election to the said Nagar Panchayat, to be held in this year, the wards have been reserved as under:- Reservation of Wards for the elections to be held in this year S. No. Name of Municipal Counsel/ Nagar Panchayat Total No. of seats Ward Nos. reserved for Scheduled Castes Ward Nos. reserved for Scheduled Castes Women Ward Nos. reserved for women Ward Nos. reserved for Backward Classes Number of Gen. Wards. 1 to 6 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 7 Raja Sansi 13 1, 10 & 12 2 & 8 3, 5 & 9 11 4, 6, 7 & 13 8 to 14 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Except ward No.12, reserved for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (Men) Category, ward No.11, reserved for the candidates belonging to Backward Class Category and ward No.6, reserved for the candidates belonging to General Category, all the wards have been rotated. If out of 13, ten wards have been rotated, the mandate of provision of Article 243 (T) of the Constitution of India has been followed in letter and spirit. The rotation of wards, done by the Authorities, depicts that an effort has been made to achieve optimum level. The rotation of wards cannot be with exactitude. The viable option has been exercised. Civil Writ Petition No. 16010 of 2010 3 Hence, this Court will not cause any interference in the present writ petition and the same is hereby dismissed, in limine, with no order as to costs. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge September 8, 2010 “DK”