IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 14068 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: AUGUST 11, 2008 Rajender Kumar .....PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY --- Present: Mr. C.L. Pawar, Advocate, for the petitioner. .. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral) The petitioner, who is one of the resident of village Nawan Pind Sardaran, District Gurdaspur, has filed this petition for setting aside the election of respondent No.6 as Panch, with a further direction to respondents No.1 to 4 not to give oath to respondent No.6 if he is elected as Sarpanch of village Nawan Pind Sardaran, District Gurdaspur. In the petition, it has been alleged that respondent No.6 was not eligible to contest the election of Panch and he had committed many offences during the period when he remained as Sarpanch of another village. It has also been alleged that the said respondent is having two voter cards from two different villages, therefore, he was not eligible for contesting the election of Panch from village Nawan Pind Sardaran, District Gurdaspur. C.W.P. No. 14068 of 2008 -2- After hearing the counsel for the petitioner and going through the contents of the petition, we are of the opinion that after the election of respondent No.6 as Panch, the only remedy available to the petitioner is the election petition. The petitioner can avail the said remedy by filing an election petition under Section 76 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 on the grounds mentioned in Section 89 of the said Act. In view of the above, we are not inclined to entertain this petition. Dismissed. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE August 11, 2008 ( DAYA CHAUDHARY ) vkg JUDGE