Disposed¶8

Usha Rani and Others v. State of Haryana and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC10 Apr 2026RA-CW/186/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Review petition disposed; RA-CW-186-2026; CWP-1307-2026; Scheduled Castes (SC) category seats; Municipal Corporation Panchkula; fresh notification by State of Haryana; current geographical limits of Panchkula; Census of 2011 population; paragraph No.30 of earlier judgment; scope confined to Panchkula only, not other municipalities; State counsel submission on 2011 census; Anoop Chitkara Judge; Sukhvinder Kaur Judge; order dated 10.04.2026.

What did the court decide?

Review petition disposed of: State of Haryana permitted to issue a fresh notification for SC-category seats in Municipal Corporation, Panchkula based on the 2011 Census population of the current geographical limits; order expressly limited to MC Panchkula; copy of order to be given to State counsel. ¶8

Usha Rani and Others Vs State of Haryana and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

¶8

Issue for consideration

Whether the State may notify Scheduled Castes category seats for Municipal Corporation, Panchkula on the basis of the population of its current geographical limits as per Census 2011, and whether that direction extends to municipalities other than Panchkula.

¶6

Ratio / Principle

It is permissible for the State of Haryana to issue a fresh notification based upon the population of the current geographical limits of Panchkula, taking into account the 2011 Census population mentioned in paragraph No.30 of the earlier order.

¶5

Key takeaways

The present order is confined solely to the purpose of notifying SC-category seats in Municipal Corporation, Panchkula.ratio¶6
Notwithstanding learned State counsel's submission that other municipalities likewise followed the 2011 census, the court is concerned only with Municipal Corporation, Panchkula, the earlier judgment having been only for Panchkula.ratio¶7

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Review application RA-CW-186-2026 in CWP-1307-2026 (two-Judge bench: Anoop Chitkara and Sukhvinder Kaur, JJ.; dated 10.04.2026) disposed of. Holding that it is always permissible to the State of Haryana to issue a fresh notification based upon the population of the current geographical limits of Panchkula, taking into account the 2011 Census population mentioned in paragraph No.30 of the earlier order. The court clarified that the order is only for the purpose of notifying seats for the SC category in Municipal Corporation, Panchkula; although learned State counsel submitted that other municipalities had likewise followed the 2011 census, the court stated it was concerned only with MC Panchkula, the judgment having been only for Panchkula. Copy of the order to be given to State counsel under the signatures of the Bench Secretary.

¶1

SANGEETA 2026.04.10 15:21 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

¶2

RA-CW-186-2026 in CWP-1307-2026

¶3

¶4

Scheduled Castes communi�es, depending upon the popula�on of the current geographical area of Panchkula at the �me when the last Census was conducted, i.e., as per the Census of 2011. ”

¶5

It is always permissible to State of Haryana to issue a fresh no�fica�on based upon the popula�on of current geographical limits of Panchkula, by taking into account the popula�on of 2011 census as is men�oned in paragraph No.30 (supra).

¶6

It is clarified that this order is only for the purpose of no�fying seats for SC category in Municipal Corpora�on, Panchkula.

¶7

Learned State Counsel submits that even in other Municipali�es they have followed 2011 census but as on date we are not concerned with the other but concerned with Municipal Corpora�on, Panchkula, and the judgment was only for Panchkula.

¶8