{"id":52792,"date":"2018-05-15T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52792"},"modified":"2018-05-15T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T08:30:08","slug":"uttrakhand-high-court-quashes-notifications-on-delimitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttrakhand-high-court-quashes-notifications-on-delimitation","title":{"rendered":"Uttrakhand High Court quashes notifications on delimitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-attachment-id=\"52793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uttrakhand-high-court-quashes-notifications-on-delimitation\/uk\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"uk\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52793\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/uk.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In a setback to the state government, the Uttarakhand High Court has quashed all notifications regarding fresh delimitation of municipal bodies in the state to bring more areas under their purview.<\/p>\n<p>The single bench of Justice Sudhansu Dhulia declared the notifications issued by the state government regarding delimitation of municipal bodies as &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; and said they were not executed through the governor.<\/p>\n<p>The Uttarakhand government had expanded the limits of municipal bodies in November last year through the state Urban Development Department to bring a large number of villages under their ambit.<\/p>\n<p>The high court order renders the entire government exercise towards delimitation infructuous.<\/p>\n<p>There is another petition pending in the high court seeking timely elections to civic bodies in the state for which the deadline expired on May 4.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the court order on delimitation, Uttarakhand Congress president Pritam Singh said it vindicates the party&#8217;s stand on the issue, which opposed the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The state government had carried out the delimitation exercise in a high-handed manner without conducting public hearings and taking people&#8217;s representatives into confidence, he alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a setback to the state government, the Uttarakhand High Court has quashed all notifications regarding fresh delimitation of municipal bodies in the state to bring more areas under their purview. 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