Civil Writ Petition No. 1832 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- Civil Writ Petition No. 1832 of 2009 Date of decision: 05.02.2009 Gram Panchayat Village Kot Mithaka ........Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .......Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. R.S. Sihota, Senior Advocate with Mr. H P S Ishar, Advocate for the petitioner -.- Ashutosh Mohunta , J. (Oral) Gram Panchayat of Village Kot Mithaka Block Hathin, District Palwal has filed this writ petition, praying therein that the respondents be directed not to shift the polling station No. 123-Kote from Government Middle School, Kote, Hathin to Miyanwalia Choupal Kote, Hathin. The petitioner has relied on Section 25 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951, and instructions 3.8 and 3.9, according to which, a polling station should be located in Schools (Government or aided) and other Government or Semi Government institutions and no polling station should be located in police stations, hospitals, temples or places having religious significance. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the polling station in Miyanwalia Choupal Kote, Hathin is situated at a place having religious significance for Meos in the area, and it belongs to the Punjab Civil Writ Petition No. 1832 of 2009 2 Wakf Board and has been earmarked for burial (kabristan) and is, therefore, not conducive for conduct of smooth and peaceful polling. For the aforementioned relief, the petitioner has also submitted a representation dated 11.08.2008 (Annexure P-4) before respondent No. 1 i.e. Chief Election Commission of India, however, till date no decision has been taken thereon. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to respondent No. 1 to take a final decision on the representation (Annexure P-4) filed by the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the order. Copy of the order be supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner under the signatures of the Reader, attached to the Bench. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Nirmaljit Kaur] Judge February 05, 2009 mohan