IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6035 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: April 05, 2010 Mandeep Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Balkar Singh, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: The petitioner has sought a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing order dated 15.3.2010 (Annexure P- 3) passed by respondent No.3, vide which an enquiry has been ordered against her with regard to alleged embezzlement of Panchayat funds and grants received during her tenure as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Chhangaliwala, Block Lehra Gagha, District Sangrur. It has been stated in the petition that petitioner was elected as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Chhangaliwala in year 2003. She completed her tenure of five years in the year 2008. In the election held thereafter, a person belonging to rival political faction was elected as Sarpanch. One Gurpiar Singh filed complaint (Annexure P-1) against the petitioner alleging that petitioner had embezzled Panchayat funds during her tenure C.W.P. No.6035 of 2010 - 2 - as Sarpanch. The petitioner filed reply to the complaint. However, an enquiry ensued. Aggrieved, the petitioner has preferred the instant writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that petitioner is being harassed only due to political reasons. According to learned counsel, there is no substance in the allegations levelled against the petitioner and thus, enquiry against her deserves to be quashed. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given a careful thought to the facts of the case. It appears that an enquiry is being conducted into certain allegations pertaining to tenure of petitioner as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Chhangaliwala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to show any legal infirmity with the initiation of said enquiry, nor any infringement of any statutory provisions has been urged. The only ground for seeking quashing of enquiry is that petitioner is being harassed due to political considerations. I am of the considered view that it is not a sufficient ground seeking quashing of the enquiry pending against the petitioner. Needless to observe that petitioner will get ample opportunity before the Enquiry Officer to put forward her version. I, thus, find no ground to interfere in writ jurisdiction of this Court. The writ petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. C.W.P. No.6035 of 2010 - 3 - April 05, 2010 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE