IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 15593 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 03.09.2008 Sarabjeet Kaur .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. M.S. Uppal, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who was elected as a Panch of Gram Panchayat Village Bahadurpur, Tehsil Budhlada, District Mansa, against reserve seat of Scheduled Caste (woman), has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, for setting aside the election of respondent No.7 as Sarpanch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat. It is the case of the petitioner that office of the Sarpanch of aforesaid Gram Panchayat was reserved for Schedled Caste (woman) and the petitioner is the only eligible candidate for the said office, because she was elected as Panch against the reserve seat of Scheduled Caste (woman). It is further case of the petitioner that respondent No.7 was not eligible to contest the said election, because she was elected as Panch from General CWP No. 15593 of 2008 -2- category, though it is admitted fact that respondent No.7 is also a Scheduled Caste woman. This controversy has already been decided by this Court in CWP No. 14927 of 2008, titled as Paramjit Singh versus State of Punjab and others, decided on 26.8.2008, wherein it has been held that a Scheduled Caste woman, who has been elected as Panch from General category, is fully eligible to contest the election of the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste (Woman). Accordingly, in view of the decision of this Court in the aforesaid CWP No. 14927 of 2008, there is no merit in this petition and the same is, hereby, dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE September 03, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE