Overview

• On June 23, the Uttarakhand High Court issued an interim stay on the state’s three-tier panchayat elections after finding its reservation policy unclear.
• A division bench led by Chief Justice G. Narendar and Justice Alok Mehra cited unresolved questions over reservation rotation as its rationale for the stay.
• Secretary Chandresh Kumar said a gazette notification detailing the Reservation Rules 2025 is being finalized at the Government Press in Roorkee for submission to the court.
• Polling scheduled for July 10 and 15, nomination deadlines from June 25 to 28 and a July 19 vote count have been put on hold.
• Thousands of candidates and voters face uncertainty until the court reviews the new reservation notification and lifts its stay.