IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 11994 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 04.09.2008 Satinder Pal 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. Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who was elected as a Panch of Gram Panchayat Village Akbarpur, Block Bhawanigarh, Tehsil and District Sangrur, against the seat reserved for women, has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, for setting aside the election of respondent No.4 as Sarpanch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat, on the ground that respondent No.4, though a woman, but was elected as Panch under General category, and therefore, she was not eligible to contest the election of the office of Sarpanch, which was reserved for women. It is the further case of the petitioner that she is the only eligible candidate, because she was elected as Panch against the seat reserved for women. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we do not find any CWP No. 11994 of 2008 -2- substance in the contention of the petitioner. In our opinion, respondent No.4, who is a woman, though elected as Panch from General category, is fully eligible to contest the election of the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for women. This controversy has already been decided by this Court in CWP No. 13738 of 2008, titled as Sukhjit Kaur versus State of Punjab and others, decided on 5.8.2008. Accordingly, in view of the aforesaid decision of this Court in the aforesaid CWP No. 13738 of 2008, there is no merit in this petition and the same is, hereby, dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE September 04, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE