Chandigarh, July 17 -- The Punjab government on Thursday assured the high court that elections to the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of the Abohar municipal corporation will be held within a week.

The undertaking was given during the hearing of a petition filed by 28 newly elected councillors seeking directions to the state to conduct mayoral elections.

The civic polls for the 50-member House were held on May 29. The petitioners submitted that although July 10 was notified as the election date, the meeting was postponed citing "unforeseen circumstances."

The petitioners alleged that despite enjoying a majority, the election was deferred in an 'undemocratic manner.'

The plea further claimed, "The state machinery i...