IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 19630 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 18.11.2008 Veeran Rani .... PETITIONER Versus The State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Vinod Khunger, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents not to convene and hold the meeting of the newly elected members of Gram Panchayat, Village Jhuge Hazara Singh, Tehsil and District Ferozepur, for the election of the Sarpanch, on the ground that in the 5 member Gram Panchayat, only four Panches have been elected and one seat, which was reserved for Backward Class, is lying vacant. Undisputedly, notification with regard to the election of 4 Panches has been issued. Therefore, in view of the law laid down by a Division Bench decision of this Court in Jagtar Singh v. State of Punjab and others, (CWP No. 13418 of 2008, decided on 22.9.2008), holding of CWP No. 19630 of 2008 -2- election of the Sarpanch in the newly elected Panchayat cannot be kept in abeyance, on the ground that one seat of Panch lying vacant. ` In view of the said decision, we are not inclined to entertain this writ petition and the same is, hereby, dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 18, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE