C.W.P. No. 2433 of 2011 1 In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … C.W.P. No. 2433 of 2011 Date of decision:21.11.2011 Court on its own motion .. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ..Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M.Kumar Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Narain Raina Present: Mr. Vivek Salathia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kamal Sehgal,Advocate for respondent No.1. Mr. Amrit Paul, Advocate for respondent No. 2 Mr. Deepak Sibal, Advocate for respondent No.3 to 16. .. 1. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? M.M.Kumar,J. 1. In view of the affidavit filed on 20.10.2011 by the Additional Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development, Chandigarh, it has been found that out of list of 25 alleged dead persons mentioned in the claim, 10 persons are alive, one is missing and 14 persons had expired. The detailed list of such persons has been annexed with the affidavit dated 21.4.2011. The explanation given in para No.7 of the written statement is that as per the procedure, Sarpanch of village cannot withdraw any amount of pension from the bank directly in respect of any beneficiary before the Social C.W.P. No. 2433 of 2011 2 Security Officer prepares village-wise and scheme-wise lists of the beneficiaries. Thereafter the account payee cheque of the total amount as per lists alongwith the lists is sent to the Gram Panchayat concerned for disbursement. The Sarpanch withdraws the amount of pension as per lists from the bank and disburse to the concerned beneficiaries, who have identity cards issued by the District Social Security Officer for identification. The disbursement is made in the presence of majority members of the committee consisting of Sarpanch, Ex-Sarpanch, Lady Panch (General), Lady Panch (SC), Teacher, Anganwari Worker and Patwari/ Panchayat Secretary. As per the report of the District Social Security Officer, Tarn Taran, pension amount in respect of 14 dead persons including one missing person has been returned to the District Social Security Officer, Tarn Taran, and thereby the prescribed procedure of disbursement of pension and returning of undisbursed amount has been followed by the concerned Sarpanch. No amount has been misappropriated in the whole transaction. 2. In view of the above submissions, we are of the considered opinion that no further proceedings are required to be carried out. Accordingly, the proceedings are closed. The petition is disposed of. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE November 21,2011 (RAJIV NARAIN RAINA) nk JUDGE