IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 15148 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 27.08.2008 Rajvinder Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Sukhdeep S. Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India challenging the election of Panches of Gram Panchayat Village Kishangarh @ Manawala, Tehsil Talwandi Sabo, District Bathinda, on the ground that nomination paper of the petitioner was illegally rejected by the Presiding Officer. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we are of the opinion that the petitioner has raised disputed questions of facts in this writ petition and he has alternative remedy of election petition. Faced with this situation, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to avail the remedy of election CWP No. 15148 of 2008 -2- petition. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. However, if the election petition is filed by the petitioner in accordance with law, the Election Tribunal is directed to decide the same expeditiously. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE August 27, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE