IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 13899 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 20.10.2008 Ajit Singh and others .... PETITIONERS Versus The State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. G.S. Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for the respondents. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners, who are Panches of Gram Panchayat Village Kot Khan Mohammad, Tehsil and District Gurdaspur, have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for directing the respondents to issue the certificate for the post of Sarpanch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat in favour of petitioner No.1. In view of the separate written statements, filed on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 and respondent No.4, whereby proceeding of the meeting held on 18.7.2008 has been annexed as Annexure R-1, in which all the five Members of the Gram Panchayat attended the meeting and one of CWP No. 13899 of 2008 -2- the petitioners proposed the name of Gurdas Singh as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat, counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw this petition. Dismissed as withdrawn. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 20, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE