IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21459 of 2010 Date of decision: 13th December, 2010 Prem Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Senior DAG, Punjab for the respondents. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Grievance made in the present writ petition is that the petitioner, along with other Panches of Gram Panchayat Nawan Mansandwal, Block Fatehgarh Churian, District Gurdaspur, has submitted a notice (Annexure P-6) dated 23rd November, 2010 for no-confidence- motion and respondent No.3-Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Fatehgarh Churian, District Gurdaspur is not holding a meeting of the Gram Panchayat for putting the no-confidence-motion to vote. After hearing counsel for the parties, respondent No.3-Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Fatehgarh Churian, District Gurdaspur is directed to act in consonance with the provisions of Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 and hold a meeting of the Gram Panchayat after giving a clear seven days’ notice excluding the Civil Writ Petition No.21459 of 2010 date of notice and that of meeting, within a period of one month from today. With the observations made above, present writ petition is disposed of. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE December 13, 2010 rps 2