1 66 e6 0 e CWP No10269 of2009 1 In theHighCourt ofPunjaband Haryana at Dateofdecisionl 201 12009 GejKaur Petitioner Versus 1C The StateofPunjaband others 0 C CORAM HONBLE MR JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI I C5 I Present MrSK Arora Advocatefor the 1 Z PERMOD KOHLI JOra01 r Heard the Iearnedcounselfor the petitioner at length 08 ri0 The petitioner is a ScheduledCaste candidateand hasbeen 7 Z elected as Panch of Gram village Block Il District Sangrur 10 the elections held lll the year 2008 result of which was declared on 2652008 on 17092008 petitioner and the private received a notice from the Presiding Offlcer to elect Sarpanchof the Gram of the village 1 aforesaid but the meetingcould not be held for want of quorum The meetingfor the election of the was againflxed on 20072008 The petitioner was elected as Sarpanch of the Gram and the notification lIl this regardwas issued by the GovernmentofPunjabIt is allegedthatprivate No to 7 Parkash Om 2014.03.27 14: 17 True Scanned Copy Of Original PHHC,Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 67 0 CWPNo10269of2009 2 were against the from the very and theymade everyeffort to stopthe to act as It is furtherstated thatprivate No3 for of Administrator to spendthe grantsreceivedby the Gram under variousheads The petitioner was giventhe chargeof 1m on 02022009 Meetingofthe was fixed on 07022009 at L 0 93O am in the AnganwariCentre of the village under the 0 of the in which Nos to 7 did not Z 0 Thereafter the meetingof the was Sxed a number of times but the positionremained the same She 1S Z againstthe order dated 2262009 P91whereby C No has appointed Shri Sukhwinder SinghVDO 6Malel I 08 as Administrator for execution of the works as also to spendtheamounts of grantsreceivedfrom the Govemment 3 Z It is specificallystated lll the impugnedorder that tl funds earmarkedunder RDF Scheme NaregaSchemeetc have not been spentby the It is clearlymentionedin the impugnedorder that the District and Officer received an intimation from the Block and C Offlcer that meetingof the could not be held as quorum remained and funds under various headscould not be utilised N passedthe order in exercise of his powers under Section 200 of the Punjab Raj Act 1994 and NoA as the Parkash Om 2014.03.27 14: 17 True Scanned Copy Of Original PHHC,Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 68 0 CWP N10269 of2009 3 Administratorfor executionofthe works Il is admiued bythe learned counsel for the petitioner that the has not been able to pass any resolutionfor execution of the works It is in the publicinterest that the order has been passed for execution of works The action of the offlcial m is within the purviewof Section 200 of the r Punjab RajAct 1994 Since according to the admission 0 C of the the works could not be executedfor I C5 want of quorum the impugned order hasbeenrightlypassedin public interest Z For the reasons recordedabove I flnd no reason to interfere r in theimpugned order Dismissed No costs 1 I r 08 0 1 2011 009 PERMOD KOHLII BLS JUDGE W2 Z Notel Whetherto be referredto the Y81 NO Ile C relJ5 e lo I O 1 A 314 e sl 1 Oltlo e Parkash Om 2014.03.27 14: 17 True Scanned Copy Of Original PHHC,Chandigarh JOYTI RANI 2016.03.28 10:50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document