IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.9726 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION : MAY 30, 2011 MULAK RAJ ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. NPS Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) 1 The petitioner has been removed from the post of Panch vide impugned order dated 12.4.2010 (Annexure P-6), passed by Director, Rural Development and Panchayats Department, Punjab. The order has been upheld by the appellate authority (Financial Commissioner and Secretary to Government of Punjab, Rural Development and Panchayats Department, Punjab) vide order dated 20.9.2010 (Annexure P-7). 2 The basis of passing order (Annexure P-6) is that the petitioner and his son have been found to be in unauthorised possession of Panchcyat land. The order itself has been passed after furnishing a show cause notice to the petitioner. The order is based on Nishandehi/demarcation report dated 4.7.2008 furnished by the Local Commissioner and Aks Sajra (Site Plan). It Civil Writ Petition No.9726 of 2011 2 has been found that the petitioner and his son have illegally occupied a passage. 3 No ground for judicial review of the impugned orders is made out because relevant material has been made the basis for passing the impugned orders. Order (Annexure P-6) has been passed after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. The misconduct of the petitioner is covered under the provisions of Section 208 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, and is a sufficient reason to remove a Panch from the post. 4 The petition is, accordingly, dismissed in limine. May 30, 2011 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?