Chandigarh, March 19 -- The Punjab government has decided to withdraw notifications regarding delimitation of wards for municipal councils and municipal corporations issued after December 31, 2025.

Information in this regard was submitted by a government counsel in the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday during resumed hearing of a clutch of petitions from different districts challenging exercise of delimitation of wards. Lawyers associated with the case, including SPS Tinna, confirmed the development.

In January, the high court had asked the Punjab government not to proceed with the process of the civic body polls for nine municipal corporations and approximately 100 municipal councils and municipal committees in view of these p...