Chandigarh, April 2 -- Paving the way for civic body polls in the state, the Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld Punjab government's delimitation exercise of wards for municipal councils and municipal corporations completed on or before December 31, 2025.

Notably, the Punjab government had on March 18 decided to withdraw notifications regarding delimitation of wards for municipal councils and municipal corporations issued after December 31, 2025. Following this, the dispute was pending only about those civic bodies where the exercise was completed by December 31.

The petitions were from different districts, challenging the exercise of delimitation of wards. In January, the high court had asked the Punjab government not to proceed w...