IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 19335 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 12.11.2008 Balam Bhatti .... PETITIONER Versus Punjab State Department of Panchayats and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. M.K. Sajjan, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who is Ex-Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Village Basti Gurbachan Singh Saini, Block and District Ferozepur, has filed this petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the complaint dated 12.9.2008 and for issuing direction to the respondents not to proceed with the inquiry. Undisputedly, till date, no notice under Section 216 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 has been issued to the petitioner. The department is making inquiry on some complaint. In our opinion, such complaint and inquiry cannot be quashed, because as and when any notice is issued to the petitioner, it will be always open to him to file reply to the same. Counsel for the petitioner contends that earlier a no due certificate CWP No. 19335 of 2008 -2- was issued to the petitioner, therefore, no inquiry could be initiated against him. This contention can not be accepted, as such no due certificate will not debar the department to enquire into a matter. In view of the above, we are not inclined to entertain this petition. Dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 12, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE