State Election Commission, Punjab appoints IAS/ PCS officers as General Observers for conduct free, fair & peaceful MC elections
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 16,2026
Municipal General Elections of 08 Municipal Corporations, 76 Municipal Councils and 21 Nagar Panchayats in the State (total 105) have been announced by the State Election Commission, Punjab and are scheduled for the polling on 26.05.2026 (Tuesday). As an extra measure for the conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections, Commission has appointed IAS/senior PCS officers as General Observers across the 23 districts. Details of the General Observers are as follows:-
(1)Paramdeep Singh, PCS (Amritsar), (2) Parneet Shergill, IAS (Barnala) (3)Harsuhinder Pal Singh Brar, IAS (Bathinda), (4)Sukhpreet Singh Sidhu, PCS (Ferozepur), (5)Rubinderjit Singh Brar, IAS (Faridkot), (6)Rishabh Bansal, PCS (Fazilka), (7) Hargunjit Kaur, IAS (Fatehgarh Sahib), (8)Rakesh Kumar Popli, PCS (Gurdaspur), (9) Harjot Kaur, PCS (Hoshiarpur), (10)Paramvir Singh, IAS (Jalandhar), (11) Kanu Thind. PCS (Kapurthala/till 19.05.2026) and Senu Duggal, IAS (Kapurthala/from 24.05.2026 tr 29.05.2026), (12) Baldeep Kaur, IAS (Ludhiana), (13) Nayan, PCS (Moga), (14)Amit Sareen, PCS (Mansa), (15)Parmod Singla, PCS (Malerkotla), (16)Amarbir Singh, PCS (Sri Muktsar Sahib), (17) Apneet Riyait, IAS (Patiala/till 19.05.2026) andRishi Pal Singh, IAS (Patiala/from 24.05.2026 to 29.05.2026), (18)Amrinder Singh Tiwana, PCS (Pathankot), (19)Jagjit Singh, PCS (Roopnagar), (20) Amandeep Kaur, IAS (SBS Nagar), (21)Abhijeet Kaplish, IAS (Mohali), (22)Kamal Kumar Garg, IAS (Sangrur), (23)Vikas Hira, PCS (Tarn Taran).
