Chandigarh, July 15 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked deputy commissioner, Kapurthala to discharge duties of mayor and senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of municipal corporation, Kapurthala. The HC order effectively means that the mayor's election has been stayed.

The HC bench of justice Deepak Sibal and justice Rupinderjit Chahal acted on the plea from Congress MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh, an ex-officio member of the municipal corporation, Kapurthala, and others, who had filed the plea seeking quashing of the election of the mayor held on July 8.

According to the plea, in the elections for 50 wards of the MC, held on May 26, the Congress and its supporters secured a clear majority. The petitioner's group had 27 votes ...