IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 13046 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 25.09.2008 Gurmeet Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. G.B.S. Dhillon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 4, 6. Mr. Amandeep Singh Manrai, Advocate, for respondent No.5. Mr. Manpreet Singh Longia, Advocate, for respondent No.7. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner has filed this petition for quashing the order/letter dated 27.5.2008, whereby respondent No.4 has clarified that any Scheduled Caste person, though elected as Panch from the seat of General category, can also contest the election of the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste category. In this case, respondent No.7, who has been elected as a Panch CWP No. 13046 of 2008 -2- of Gram Panchayat Village Ahmedabad, District Gurdaspur, from the seat of General category, has been declared elected as Sarpanch, which is reserved for the Scheduled Caste category. This controversy has already been decided by this Court in CWP No. 14927 of 2008, titled as Paramjit Singh versus State of Punjab and others, decided on 26.8.2008, wherein it has been held that any Panch belonging to Scheduled Caste, whether elected from the reserved category of Scheduled Caste or from a seat of General category is fully eligible to contest the election of the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for the Scheduled Caste category. Accordingly, in view of the decision of this Court in the aforesaid CWP No. 14927 of 2008, there is no merit in this petition and the same is, hereby, dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE September 25, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE