Civil Writ Petition No. 22658 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 22658 of 2010 Date of Decision: 20.12.2010 Basant Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Baldev S. Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Issue notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3. Mr. Sharma submits that the Punjab Government had issued an ordinance called “Punjab Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010, on 14.12.2010, whereby Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as “1994 Act”), which prescribes removal of Sarpanch, by way of 2/3rd majority, has been omitted. In these circumstances, respondent No.2-Director, Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab, is directed to afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner-Sarpanch and respondents no.4 to 11 and take an appropriate decision, in accordance with the provisions of law on the proceedings (Annexure P1), whereby the Civil Writ Petition No. 22658 of 2010 2 resolution was passed for removal of the petitioner from the post of Sarpanch, within a period of one month, from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge December 20, 2010 “DK”