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The Supreme Court connected Friday (February 13, 2026) extended from April 30 to May 31 the deadline fixed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court for holding the polls for section bodies successful the State.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took enactment of the plea filed by the main caput of the State authorities and besides extended the HC’s deadline of Feb 28 to March 31 for completing reconstruction work, delimitation and reservation.
On January 9, the Himachal Pradesh High Court rejected the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government's plea seeking to defer elections to panchayati raj bodies by six months, and directed it to behaviour the polls earlier April 30.
The apical court, portion extending the clip lines by a month, however, said the precocious tribunal was close successful holding that the pendency of delimitation enactment cannot beryllium a crushed to “delay and stall” the polls for agrarian and municipality section bodies.
The Bench, however, said that keeping successful caput the monsoon and consequential difficulties usually being faced by the elevation state, the canvass process indispensable beryllium concluded earlier May 31.
The precocious court, portion disposing of the PIL challenging the postponement of polls, had directed the Himachal Pradesh authorities and the authorities Election Commission to implicit the full predetermination process by April 30.
Maintaining that the State has suffered extended harm to nationalist and backstage properties and roads, the State authorities had urged the canvass sheet to enactment the canvass process connected clasp till the concern improved connected the ground.
The authorities besides said that the Disaster Act is successful unit successful the state.
However, the precocious court, aft proceeding the arguments for 3 consecutive days, directed the authorities to clasp the elections earlier April 30.
