Punjab and Haryana High Court stays notification stipulating education criteria for Panchayat, Zila Panchayat polls [Read the Order]

A Punjab and Haryana High Court bench comprising Justice S.K. Mittal and Justice Mahavir S. Chauhan has stayed the Haryana government’s notification issued on August 14 laying down minimum qualification criteria for the candidates to contest for the post of sarpanch, panch, member of block samiti and zila parishad.The Court stayed the operation of Section 175 (v) of the Haryana Panchayati...