IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16409 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 16.09.2008 Bholi .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. S.S. Chandi, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who has been elected as a Panch of Gram Panchayat Village Sahalpur, Tehsil Shahkot, District Jalandhar, from the reserve seat of Scheduled Caste (Women), has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, for quashing the notification dated 12.5.2008 (Annexure P-2), whereby the office of Sarpanch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat has been reserved for Scheduled Caste category. We have heard counsel for the petitioner and gone through the contents of the petition. Election of the Gram Panchayat has already taken place and the representation filed by the petitioner against the reservation of the office of Sarpanch has been dismissed by the Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, vide CWP No. 16409 of 2008 -2- order Annexure P-5, in which it has been stated that the reservation has been made block wise, in accordance with the rules and as per the roster point, the aforesaid Gram Panchayat is to be reserved for Scheduled Caste. Even in this petition, no material has been placed on record by the petitioner to show that the reservation is against the roster point. Even otherwise, the petitioner being a Panch elected from the reserve category of Scheduled Caste Woman is fully eligible to contest the election for the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste category. In view of the above, we do not find any merit in the instant petition and the same is hereby dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE September 16, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE