IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1600 of 2009 Date of Decision: April 23, 2009 Zile Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sandeep Goyal, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Challenge in this petition is to Annexure P-5 and P-6. Vide Order, Annexure P-5, the Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal, suspended the petitioner who is Panch of Gram Panchayat, Dherdu, Block Pundri. Regular enquiry has been ordered. Allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner is not residing in the village in which he has been elected. Various documentary proofs were placed before the authority on which reliance was placed for suspending the petitioner. The petitioner carried an appeal which also has been dismissed by the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana, Development & CWP No.1600 of 2009 [2] Panchayats Department, while taking into account the documentary proofs i.e. voter identity card, list of applicants for allotment of plot in village Sikri and the certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat, Sikri. Interestingly, the petitioner swore an affidavit dated 11.7.2008 in which he admitted that he had not participated in the Panchayat proceedings for the last four months. Absence of the petitioner led the authority to formulate an opinion that he lacks interest in the development activities of the village and is not discharging his duties as Panch diligently. Since the material is available on the record to indicate the acts of misconduct by the petitioner, which might call for his removal, no ground for interference in extraordinary writ jurisdiction is made out. Regular enquiry is pending. Taking into account the fact that the petitioner has been brought as a Panch by way of election at a nucleus level for a fixed term, it would be appropriate to issue a direction that regular enquiry be concluded within three months of receipt of certified copy of the order. Ordered accordingly. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) April 23, 2009 JUDGE avin