IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 8719 of 2011 Date of decision : 17.05.2011 Amar Singh and others ...Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate for the petitioners. **** M ehinder S ingh S ullar, J. (Oral) Issue notice of motion. At this stage, Mr. Sartaj Singh Gill, D.A.G., Punjab accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 4. The main grievance emanating from the record is that although, the petitioners have (already) filed the statutory appeal along with the stay application, against the impugned order of removal. According to learned counsel for the petitioners that although no order has yet been passed on the stay application, but still the respondents-State have fixed the meeting for electing a new Sarpanch, without deciding the statutory appeal. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record, with their valuable assistance and after considering the entire matter deeply, the instant writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Pancahyat-respondent No.1 (Appellate Authority), to decide the stay application filed by the petitioners on the next date of hearing. Meanwhile, the operation of notice (Annexure P-12) shall remain stayed. May 17, 2011 (Mehinder Singh Sullar) naresh.k Judge