Chandigarh, August 16
The date for holding the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections has neither been fixed in haste nor under pressure, the Punjab and Haryana High Court heard today.
As a petition seeking stay on the elections came up for hearing, a reply by the Chief Commissioner of Gurdwara Elections was placed before the High Court. It said the Centre had accorded its approval for holding the elections in accordance with the rules. The full Bench of Justice M.M. Kumar, Justice Alok Singh and Justice Gurdev Singh has already made it clear that the election result would be subject to the outcome of the petition. The petition has been filed by the National President of Sehajdhari Sikh Federation Dr Paramjeet Singh Ranu.
He has asserted that already a writ petition has been filed challenging the notification dated October 8, 2003, “vide which voting rights of the Sehajdhari Sikhs have been taken away in a totally illegal and arbitrary manner”.
Without waiting for the High Court decision, a proposal has been submitted to the State of Punjab for holding election to the SGPC General House.
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