Civil Writ Petition No. 20073 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 20073 of 2010 Date of Decision: 11.11.2010 Smt. Gurmeet Kaur …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Roshan Lal Batta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Mandeep K.Sajjan, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Issue notice of motion. On asking of he Court, Mr.Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Gurmeet Kaur, Petitioner-Sarpanch, has been suspended by respondent No.2-Director, Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab., vide order dated 29.10.2010 (Annexure P4). Aggrieved against her order of suspension, the petitioner has filed an appeal, which is pending before respondent No.1-Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab. It is stated that the petitioner has filed a stay application along with the appeal, which is now fixed for hearing on 29.11.2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to Civil Writ Petition No. 20073 of 2010 2 notice dated 8.11.2010 (Annexure P6), wherein respondent No.3-Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Zira, District Ferozepur, due to suspension of the petitioner from the post of Panchayat, has proceeded ahead to appoint/designate the Panch as Acting Sarpanch. In view of this, the operation of notice (Annexure P6) is stayed till the stay application, filed by the petitioner along with the appeal, is decided by respondent No.1. Respondent No.1-Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab, is directed to decide the stay application on 29.11.2010, the date when it is fixed or within one month, thereafter. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of, with no orders as to costs. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge November 11, 2010 “DK”