IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 11620 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 04.11.2008 Sukhwinder Kaur and another .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. The petitioners, who are wife and husband and are residents of Village Naushera Panuan, Tehsil and District Tarn Taran, have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, in which various prayers have been made. The first prayer is for quashing the incorporation of Section 13- A in the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, vide Ordinance No.1 of 2008. Section 13-A provides for convening of first meeting of the Gram Panchayat by the Deputy commissioner for the election of the Sarpanch. It has not been pointed out in the entire petition as to why the said provision is violative of Article 243 of the Constitution of India. The second prayer has been made for quashing of the notification dated 27.2.2008, issued by the CWP No. 11620 of 2008 -2- State of Punjab for holding the General Election of the Gram Panchayat, on the ground that elections of the Panchayat are being held without creating different constituencies in the villages. The third prayer made in this petition is for removal of the State Election Commission on the ground that he has failed to discharge his constitutional duty. Further, it has been prayed for quashing of Section 73 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, in which the State of Punjab has appointed IAS/PCS Officers as Election Tribunals. Further, it has been prayed that a high level commission be appointed to enquire into the large scale rigging and bungling in the Panchayat elections held on 26.5.2008. It has also been prayed that a detailed enquiry be conducted with regard to appointment of the Returning Officer and the Presiding Officer, as with the help of those officers, large scale rigging and bungling was done in the elections. A further prayer has been made with regard to registration of criminal cases against the Returning Officers, Assistant Returning Officers and other Officers, who indulged in preparing the false documents and committed illegalities in the conduct of elections. A further prayer has been made for declaring the elections of Panches held in Punjab on 26.5.2008 as illegal, null and void. After hearing counsel for the petitioners, we are of the opinion that totally vague petition has been filed with an oblique motive and to gain publicity. Not only the election of the Panches throughout the State of Punjab has been held on 26.5.2008, but the election of Sarpanches has also been conducted in almost all the Panchayats of the State in the month of CWP No. 11620 of 2008 -3- July, 2008. All the elections have been notified and the elected Panchayats are functioning. After the expiry of more than three-four months, this petition has been filed with the aforesaid various vague prayers, without there being any material attached and foundation laid on totally vague pleas. Hence, we are not inclined to entertain this petition. Dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 04, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE