HC refuses stay, Kothagudem Municipal Corporation elections on February 11

Decks have been cleared for holding elections for the Kothagudem Municipal Corporation as the High Court refused to stay the election process after hearing different petitions concerning the matter on Tuesday.

Advocate and social worker J Shivaram Prasad in his public interest litigation (PIL)/60/2025 had asked the court to stay the ward division



and other processes to conduct the elections for the newly formed corporation.

He contended that constituting Kothagudem Municipal Corporation comprising Kothagudem Municipality, Paloncha Municipality, Paloncha samsthan villages and seven gram panchayats of the Sujatha Nagar mandal was unconstitutional and in violation of the Agency Laws.