IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.18963 of 2008 Date of decision: 06.11.2008 Tejinder Singh and others ......Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Karanjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL,J(ORAL) Petitioners, who are nine out of fifteen elected members of the Municipal Council Jandiala Guru, District Amritsar (For short “Municipal Council”), have filed this petition for issuing directions to the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar to convene the meeting of the members of the Municipal Council for the purpose of conducting the election of the office of President and Vice President of the Municipal Council. It is the case of the petitioners that the election of the members of the Municipal Council was held on 30.6.2008 and as per Rule 3 of Punjab Municipal (President and Vice President) Rules, 1994, the Deputy Commissioner is bound to convene the meeting of the newly elected members of the Municipal Council within fourteen days for the election of the office of President and Vice President of the Municipal Council and in spite of the expiry of the stipulated time, the meeting was not convened and thereafter only on 23.7.2008, the meeting was called for the purpose of the election of the President and Vice President but for administrative reason, the said meeting was adjourned for 16.10.2008. On that date also, the meeting was adjourned and till date the election of the President and Vice President of the Municipal Council has not taken place. Notice of motion. C.W.P.No.18963 of 2008 #2# Shri N.D.S. Mann, Addl.A.G, Punjab, who is present in Court, accepts notice on the asking of the Court and states that the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar on telephone has informed him that the meeting of the members of the Municipal Council shall be convened within three weeks and the election of the office of President and Vice President shall be held in accordance with law. In view of the said statement made by Shri N.D.S. Mann, Addl.A.G, Punjab, counsel for the petitioners does not want to press this petition. Dismissed as not pressed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 06, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE