IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7426 of 2009 Date of Decision: May 18, 2009 Rajinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Joshi, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This civil writ petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No.2 to remove/suspend respondent No.5 from the post of Panch under the provisions of Section 20 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (for short, `the Act’). Learned counsel contends that an FIR was registered against respondent No.5 which clearly indicates that the case falls within the ambit of sub section (3) of Section 20 of the Act. The petitioner has already brought all the facts to the notice of the authorities by way of giving a legal CWP No.7426 of 2009 [2] notice dated 28.3.2009 (Annexure P-2), however, no action has been taken. Learned counsel contends that the respondents have failed in discharging their statutory functions under the Act. This petition is disposed of to enable the petitioner to approach the Government under Chapter VIII of the Act and bring facts and circumstances to the notice of the authorities. (AJAI LAMBA) May 18, 2009 JUDGE avin