IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19533 of 2010 Date of decision: 18th November, 2010 Charanjeet Singh and others … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. N.P.S. Mann, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional AG, Punjab for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. Gursewak S. Singhpuria, Advocate for respondent No.5. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Three members of Gram Panchayat, Village Bhallanwara, Block Sardulgarh, District Mansa have approached this Court with a prayer that the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, District Sardulgarh be directed to convene a meeting of the Gram Panchayat and the no-confidence-motion proposed by them be put to vote. Today, Parvesh Goyal, Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Sardulgarh is present in Court. Counsel for the State, on instructions from Mr.Goyal, has submitted that on 22nd November, 2010, a notice shall be issued to convene a meeting of the Gram Panchayat to discuss and vote upon the no-confidence-motion. It is stated that the notice so issued shall be for a period of clear seven days’ excluding the date of notice and the date of meeting. It is further stated that the notice Civil Writ Petition No.19533 of 2010 shall contain the date, i.e. 1st December, 2010 and time, i.e. 10.00 a.m. when the meeting is to be convened in the office of Gram Panchayat. In the present case, the Gram Panchayat consists of five members, and out of them three have approached this Court. Mr. Gursewak S. Singhpuria, Advocate appearing for the Sarpanch-respondent No.5, has stated that he has also been made aware of the date, time and venue of the meeting. Accordingly, present writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the statement made by counsel for the State, on instructions from the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Sardulgarh. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 18, 2010 rps 2