IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.257 of 2009 Date of Decision: February 27, 2009 Paramjit Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS The State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - None. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) The issue raised in this petition is that one seat of Panch has been reserved in the village for Backward Class category. In the village i.e. Ilahi Baksh Bodla, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Ferozepur, there is no population from Backward Class category. Under the circumstances, constitution of Panchayat is not complete. The seat needs to be converted either to General category or Scheduled Caste category. Mr. Saudagar Singh, Law Officer, Department of Rural Development & Panchayats, Punjab, has appeared and filed reply by way of affidavit of Shri Gurdev Singh Sidhu, IAS, Director, Rural Development & Panchayats, Punjab, on behalf of CWP No.257 of 2009 [2] respondent Nos.1 and 2. Reply is taken on record. It has been brought out that vide Order dated 26.2.2009 (appended with the reply) placed on record as Annexure R-1, the seat has been converted to General category. The petition accordingly has been rendered infructuous. Mr. Saudagar Singh states that the Election Commission is required to take further action. In view of the above, the petition is disposed of as infructuous as no cause of action survives in the context of issue raised. Respondent No.3 i.e. State Election Commission, Punjab, shall pursue the holding of election and complete the process within three months of receipt of a copy of this order. (AJAI LAMBA) February 27, 2009 JUDGE avin