CWP No. 2410 of 2010 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 2410 of 2010 Date of Decision: December 06, 2011 Smt. Savinder Kaur and others …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV NARAIN RAINA Present: Mr. M.P.S. Mann, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Suvir Sehgal, Addl. A.G., Punjab 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution seeks quashing of notification dated 03.08.2009 (P-1) whereby the area of eleven Gram Panchayats has been taken away to constitute the Nagar Panchayat Mallanwala. The concerned eleven Gram Panchayats are from villages Basti Dulla Singh Wali, Basti Sunwan, Basti Bishan Singh, Basti Mudh, Basti Joginder Singh Wali, Basti Chahal, Basti Chandan Singh Wali, Basti Dharampura and Mallanwala Khaas. 2. It has been asserted that the merger in the aforesaid manner violates the provisions of Punjab Gram Panchayat Act and the Punjab Municipal Act. The matter is no longer res integra and Mr. M.P.S. Mann, learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to CWP No. 2410 of 2010 -2- point out any distinguishing feature between the judgment delivered by this Court in the case of Gram Panchayat Bhadson v. State of Punjab and others (CWP No. 5424 of 2010 decided on 09.09.2010). In that case, a notification merging the area of two Gram Panchayats was challenged and the same has been upheld. Even the LPA No. 1369 of 2010 against the aforesaid judgment was dismissed on 28.10.2010. 3. In view of the above, the writ petition fails and the same is dismissed. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) JUDGE December 06, 2011 Atul