IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.14857 of 2008 Date of decision: 5.11.2008 Baldev Kishan and others ......Petitioner(s) Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. P.S. Khurana, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl.A.G, Punjab for the respondents. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL,J(ORAL) Petitioners, who are three in number, out of five members Gram Panchayat of Village Chak Dumal Tehsil Jalalabad, District Ferozepur, have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing directions to the Deputy Commissioner-respondent No.2 for convening the meeting of the elected Panches of the said Gram Panchayat under Section 13-A of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (For short “the Act”) for the election of office of Sarpanch of the said Gram Panchayat. Undisputely, election of the Sarpanch has not taken place in spite of the fact that the election of the Panches was declared on 26.6.2008 and the election was also duly notified on 3.10.2008. Shri M.S. Sindhu, Addl.A.G, Punjab appearing on behalf of the respondents, on instructions from Sodargar Singh, Law Officer, Office of Director Panchayat, states that all the members of the Gram Panchayat have been given oath on 4.11.2008 and the Deputy Commissioner shall authorize a person to convene the meeting of the Gram Panchayat under Section 13-A of the Act for the election of the office of Sarpanch within a period of two weeks. In view of the said positive statement made by counsel for the respondents, counsel for the petitioners does not want to press this petition. Dismissed as not pressed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 05, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE