COCP No. 514 of 2011 1 In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … COCP No. 514 of 2011 Date of decision:25.11.2011 Janak Singh .. Petitioner Versus Sukhwinder Singh and others ..Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M.Kumar Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Narain Raina Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Garg, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Suvir Sehgal, Addl.A.G.Punjab .. 1. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? M.M.Kumar,J. This is a bunch of five connected contempt petitions* in which common questions of law and fact have arisen. Therefore, these matters can be disposed of by a common order. The facts are taken from COCP No. 514 of 2011. It is conceded as a matter of fact that Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1914 was deleted which provided for passing of “No Confidence Motion” against the Sarpanch and others. The amendment was carried on 24.4.2011 and it was to operate with effect from July 2010 as the period of two years of the existence of panchayats from July 2008 which expired in July 2010. The validity of the amendment was challenged and the Division Bench of this Court opined against retrospective application of the amendment and upheld prospectivity. In other words it is to apply with COCP No. 514 of 2011 2 effect from 24.4.2011. In that regard reliance be placed on the observations made in the decision dated 12.5.2011 rendered in CWP No. 7392 of 2011. It is also conceded as a matter of fact that “No Confidence Motion” was carried in the present case on 22.9.2010 against the petitioner-Janak Singh. The decision of this Court in the aforesaid petition was taken by the Division Bench in Nirbhai Singh v. State of Punjab(supra). In view of the above, we find that no case is made out for initiation of contempt proceedings because the No Confidence Motion passed against the petitioner on 22.9.2010 would remain intact. Dismissed. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE November 25,2011 (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) nk JUDGE * Serial No. COCP No. Title 1 514 of 2011 Janak Singh Versus Sukhwinder Singh and others 2 435 of 2011 Harjit Kaur Versus Shavinder Singh and another 3 436 of 2011 Gurcharan Singh Versus Hardev Singh Sodhi and another 4 451 of 2011 Sntosh Kaur Versus Shavinder Singh and another 5 482 of 2011 Dubad Ram Versus Gurdev Singh Sidhu and others (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE November 25,2011 (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) nk JUDGE