IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1793 of 2009 Date of Decision: April 27, 2009 Manjeet Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. G.S. Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Sharma, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Reply filed on behalf of the respondents today in Court, is taken on record. The prayer made in this civil writ petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent Nos.1 to 4 to withdraw the grant given for maintenance and construction of streets and drains in the village from respondent Nos.7 and 8 i.e. Superintendent Engineer, Panchayati Raj, Moga and Executive Engineer, Panchayati Raj, Moga, and for deposit of the same in the account of Gram Panchayat, Nathoke, Block Baghapurana, District Moga. CWP No.1793 of 2009 [2] Learned counsel for the respondents contends that on 8.1.2009, a grant of Rs.2,50,000/- was credited in the account of respondent Nos.7 and 8. The development work from the said amount has already been completed on 14.2.2009. The utilisation certificate was sent to DDPO vide letter No.433 dated 24.3.2009 for necessary action. Notice of the writ petition, however, was received after the said date. Learned counsel for the respondents, however, states that the grant indeed is required to be released to the Gram Panchayat in terms of provisions of Section 86 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994. I have considered the facts and circumstances of the case. Since the grant received for maintenance and construction of streets and drains in the village has already been utilised, no orders in that regard can be passed. It is however made clear that the respondents, in terms of Instructions vide Memo No.4824-49 dated 11.2.2009, issued by the Government of Punjab, Department of Rural Development & Panchayats, to all the Administrative Secretaries, in terms of judgment dated 21.8.2006 delivered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.9417 of 2006, shall deposit the grant received for development of villages in the funds of the Gram Panchayat and the Gram Panchayat would made the Executive Agency. CWP No.1793 of 2009 [3] The petition is disposed of with the above directions. (AJAI LAMBA) April 27, 2009 JUDGE avin