P&H: Refuses to stop apartment association elections, says petitioners cannot resile from agreed settlement

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 21 Sep 2026
Headnotes

Election of association — Election dispute of apartment owners association — After having agreed to amicably resolve disputes and hold fresh elections, petitioners could not be allowed to resile from statement made — Appellate and revisional authorities having disbelieved their stand, no ground was made...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Refuses to stop apartment association elections, says petitioners cannot resile from agreed settlement

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined to interfere with orders directing fresh elections to the Executive Board of the ATS Prelude Apartment Owners Association at Dera Bassi. The Court said the petitioners could not be permitted to backtrack from a statement recorded during appellate proceedings that the dispute had been amicably resolved and that fresh elections were acceptable.

The petition was filed by the President, Secretary and Joint Secretary of the association’s Executive Board. They challenged the SDM’s order dated 10 June 2026 directing fresh elections, along with the appellate and revisional orders that followed. Their case was...

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