IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16958 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 24.09.2008 Prem Parkash .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Sanjeev Kadan, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who is Panch of Gram Panchayat Village Budheri, Sub Tehsil Behal (Loharu) District Bhiwani and one of the complainants against respondent No.2, Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat, has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the order dated 5.8.2008 (Annexure P-12), passed by the Appellate Authority, the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Development and Panchayats Department, Chandigarh, whereby the order of suspension passed against respondent No.2 has been set aside, while observing as under : “I have heard the counsels for the parties and gone through the record available on the file. Perusal of preliminary CWP No. 16958 of 2008 -2- enquiry report reveals that the first charge leveled against the appellant is not based on the findings of the enquiry report. Further the comments on the reply to the show cause notice given by the Development and Panchayat Officer, Bahal reveal that the second allegation is devoid of any merit. As such I am of the view that the allegations levelled against the appellant do not warrant his suspension during the pendency of regular enquiry. Therefore, I allow this appeal, the impugned suspension order is hereby set aside.” After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we do not find any ground to interfere in the aforesaid order. Dismissed. However, keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, we direct the authorities to complete the enquiry against respondent No.2, Sarpanch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat, expeditiously. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE September 24, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE