Manjeet Singh v. State of Punjab and Anr.
Writ Petition – Election – No Objection Certificate
Case brief
What is this about?
Manjeet Singh v. State of Punjab and others, CWP-36064 of 2025, Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, decided 02.12.2025 by Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (oral) with Vikas Suri, J. Subject: obstruction in filing documents for obtaining a No Objection Certificate ahead of the 04.12.2025 (03.00 p.m.) deadline for filing nomination papers in an election; deadline described as only 48 hours away. Relief: Additional AG Punjab (Rahul Rampal) accepted notice and undertook in Court that papers/documents submitted for the NOC would be accepted and processed the same day; petition disposed of as not pressed; pending applications disposed of. Keywords: No Objection Certificate, nomination papers, election deadline, undertaking by State, writ disposed as not pressed, Punjab and Haryana High Court.
What did the court decide?
None on merits. The Additional AG Punjab accepted notice in Court and stated that any papers/documents submitted for seeking the No Objection Certificate would not only be accepted but also processed on the same date itself, whereupon learned counsel for the petitioner did not press the petition; the writ petition was disposed of as not pressed and pending applications, if any, stood disposed of.