IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16930 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 24.09.2008 Sawinder Kaur and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Ranjit Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the election of respondent No.7 as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Village Shafipur, Tehsil and District Amritsar, in the meeting held on 21.7.2008. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that vide notification dated 8.5.2008, the office of Sarpanch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat was reserved for the category of Women and respondent No.7, who was elected as a Panch from the seat reserved for Scheduled Caste (Women) was not eligible to contest the election of the office of Sarpanch. Therefore, election of respondent No.7 is illegal. We do not find any force in the contention of learned counsel CWP No. 16930 of 2008 -2- for the petitioners, as this controversy has already been decided by this Court in CWP No. 13738 of 2008, titled as Sukhjit Kaur versus State of Punjab and others, decided on 5.8.2008, wherein it has been held that a Panch, elected from the reserved category of Scheduled Caste (Women), is fully eligible to contest the election of the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for the category of Women. Dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE September 24, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE