Civil Writ Petition No. 2728 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 2728 of 2010 Date of decision : 17.02.2010 Karnail Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. B.S. Sewak, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have sought writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents No. 1 & 2 to appoint an inquiry officer to complete the regular inquiry proceedings initiated against Smt. Soma Kaur, Ex- Sarpanch Gram Panchayat Dadheri, Block Amloh, District Fatehgarh Sahib. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that inquiry was left mid way by the inquiry officer who was earlier inquiring into the matter. He has referred to letter, Annexure P-4 in this regard. Notice of motion. On the asking of court, Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice and submits that in case an inquiry has not been entrusted to any other officer by now, the needful shall be done Civil Writ Petition No. 2728 of 2010 2 expeditiously and an effort shall be made to conclude the same at the earliest. Under the circumstances, no further orders are called for at this stage. Disposed of. A copy of the order be given 'dasti' to learned State counsel under the signatures of Court Secretary. February 17, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE