Kolkata: Former Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) mayor-in-council member and CPM functionary Imteaz Ahamad moved Calcutta High Court on Friday, challenging the delimitation of the civic body from 50 to 68 wards. He cited a recent order by the HC vacation bench staying the announcement of Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls based on delimitation until the matter is heard by the court.Ahamad moved a single bench of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury, arguing that the objective of ensuring better municipal administration in the absence of an elected board had been defeated by “executive adventurism”.A former councillor from ward 20 (old numbering), now ward 26 after delimitation, Ahamad pointed out that wards were carved out based on electoral roll parts rather than population. As a result, ward populations ranged from 2,758 to 41,032, he claimed.He said HMC was dissolved on Dec 7, 2018, and an administrator was appointed the following day. The municipal affairs department initiated a proposal for 68 wards in July 2026.“No recommendation of the corporation, as a body corporate acting through a competent mechanism, preceded that notification, and that it is therefore without authority of law and liable to be quashed,” the petition stated.Ahamad also questioned the administrator’s authority to propose delimitation in the absence of an elected body.
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