IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ( Sr. No.120 ) CWP No. 18833 of 2026 Date of decision: 08.07.2026 Smt. Sandeep Kaur .....Petitioner Versus State Election Commission, Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL Present : Mr. D.S. Sobti, Advocate, Mr. Saurav Bhatia, Advocate and Ms. Harshpreet Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jastej Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab. * * * DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral) (1) Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw this petition with liberty to the petitioner to maintain an election petition in terms of Section 76 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994. (2) Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. (3) It is clarified that while granting the afore liberty, we have neither commented on the merits nor the maintainability/entertainability of the remedy that the petitioner may avail. ( DEEPAK SIBAL ) JUDGE 08.07.2026 ( RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL ) sunil yadav JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes / No Whether reportable : Yes / No SUNIL YADAV 2026.07.09 17:24 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order. Chandigarh