IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4252 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 19, 2009 Charanjit Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS The Deputy Commissioner exercising the powers of Election Tribunal, Gurdaspur & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Onkar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that the grievance had earlier been raised by way of filing Civil Writ Petition No.13365 of 2008. The said matter was decided on 21.10.2008. The following is the operative part of the order:- “In view of the above, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to file an election petition under section 76 read section 89 of the Act, challenging the election of respondent no.8. In case the election petition is filed within three weeks from today, the Election Tribunal is directed to decide the same on merits expeditiously.” Learned counsel has pointed out that as a consequence thereof, election petition was filed on 16.11.2008. Despite there being specific directions of this Court that the election petition is to be decided expeditiously, however, the matter CWP No.4252 of 2009 [2] is not being dealt with in the spirit in which it was directed. Considering the prayer of the petitioner, this petition is disposed of without issuing notice to the respondents. In view of the fact that Division Bench of this Court while dealing with Civil Writ Petition No.13365 of 2008 had directed the election petition to be decided on merits, expeditiously, it is directed that respondent No.1 shall conclude the election petition within four months of receipt of certified copy of this order. (AJAI LAMBA) March 19, 2009 JUDGE avin