IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16220 of 2010 Date of decision: September 21, 2010. Gopal Mahajan & Ors. ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri R.S. Manhas, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Shri G.S. Attariwala, Addl. AG, Punjab. Shri J.S. Puri, Advocate, for respondents No.5 & 6. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): In the present writ petition, a grievance has been made that the respondents are not acting in consonance with the provisions of Section 20 (2) of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 as they have failed to conduct election for the offices of the Vice Presidents. Shri J.S. Puri, Advocate, appearing for respondents No.5 and 6, has stated that the term of the Vice President came to an end on 20.11.2009. Shri Attariwala, on instructions from Shri Ashok Kumar, Additional Director, Local Bodies Department, Punjab, has stated that election to the office of Vice Presidents shall be held within one month from today. He further states that instructions to this effect have also been received from the concerned Deputy Commissioner. In view of the statement made by Shri Attariwala, respondents are directed to hold election to the office of Vice President within one month from today. Disposed of. Copy of the order, attested under the signatures of the Bench Secretary, be supplied to the Counsel for the State, for onward transmission and compliance. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] September 21, 2010. Judge kadyan