IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3615 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 06, 2009 Gram Panchayat, Dudharai .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Manish Prabhaker, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Petitioner, Gram Panchayat, Dudharai, Block Harsha Chhina, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar has approached this Court with the grievance that the grants are not being released in favour of the petitioner, rather they are being released in favour of respondent No.4 i.e. Executive Engineer, Panchayati Raj, PWD, Amritsar. Learned counsel states that the provisions of Section 86 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, require the authorities to credit grants to the account of the Gram Panchayat. Issue notice of motion. Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, on the asking of the CWP No.3615 of 2009 [2] Court, accepts notice. Learned counsel for the respondents has pointed out that a Division Bench of this Court had adjudicated on the issue in Civil Writ Petition No.9417 of 2006, titled, ‘Gram Panchayat, Satauj, Tehsil Sunam vs. State of Punjab & Others’, decided on 21.8.2006. In view of the directions issued, the Government of Punjab has already issued directions to all Administrative Secretaries vide Letter dated 11.2.2009. Learned counsel for the respondent- State has made it clear that henceforth all the grants would be released in favour of the Gram Panchayat. In case another agency has been made the executing agency, the issue would be rectified and the Gram Panchayat would be made the executing agency. In view of the statement of learned counsel for the respondent-State, this petition is allowed in terms of judgment rendered in Civil Writ Petition No.9417 of 2006, titled, ‘Gram Panchayat, Satauj, Tehsil Sunam vs. State of Punjab & Others’, decided on 21.8.2006. (AJAI LAMBA) March 06, 2009 JUDGE avin