IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 18009 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 17.10.2008 Pala Ram and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Gurpreet Singh & Mr. Susheel Gautam, Advocates, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners, who are Panches and residents of Village Sultania, Tehsil Guhla, District Kaithal, have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal (respondent No.2 herein) to take a final decision on the show cause notice dated 5.5.2008, issued by him to respondent No.5, the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat of the village, for taking action under the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994. It is the case of the petitioners that the Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal has issued the aforesaid show cause notice, while taking into consideration the enquiry report Annexure P-1, but till date, no final decision has been taken on the said show cause notice. CWP No. 18009 of 2008 -2- After hearing counsel for the petitioners and going through the contents of this petition, without issuing notice of motion, as it will un- necessary delay the proceedings, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal, to look into the matter and take a decision on the show cause notice dated 5.5.2008, in accordance with law, expeditiously. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 17, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE