IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3974 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 16, 2009 Rameshwar Dass Puri .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Principal Secretary, Local Government, Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. V.K. Sandhir, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Learned counsel states that a resolution was passed for creation of Nagar Panchayat, Bhadson by way of merging Gram Panchayat, Bhadson and Gram Panchayat, Ram Singh Nao. The petitioner filed Civil Writ Petition No.6661 of 2008 praying for directions to the respondents to issue Notification for creation of the Nagar Panchayat. Notification under Section 4(1) of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 creating Nagar Panchayat, Bhadson was issued. After creation, both the Gram Panchayats filed objections before respondent No.1 against creation of Nagar Panchayat. It has been pleaded that respondent No.1 i.e. Principal Secretary, Local Government, CWP No.3974 of 2009 [2] Punjab, heard the arguments on the objections on 15.10.2008. Written arguments were also submitted. No decision on the objections however has been taken and although a number of dates have been given, objections remain undecided and pending. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petition is disposed of with direction to respondent No.1 i.e. Principal Secretary, Local Government, Punjab, Mini Secretariat, Chandigarh, to take a decision on the objections within 90 days from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. (AJAI LAMBA) March 16, 2009 JUDGE avin