IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17490 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 8th November, 2010 Ravinder Singh Sarpanch … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. S.S. Rangi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for respondents No.1 to 4. Mr. P.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the applicant. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Civil Misc. No. 15126 of 2010 Present application has been filed with a prayer that the applicants, i.e. Narinderjit Singh son of Atma Singh and Gurmeet Singh son of Jangir Singh be impleaded as party to the writ petition. Counsel for the petitioner has stated that he has no objection in case the application is allowed. Accordingly, present application is allowed and Narinderjit Singh son of Atma Singh and Gurmeet Singh son of Jangir Singh, both residents of village Issru, Tehsil Khanna, District Ludhiana are impleaded as respondents to the writ petition. Civil Writ Petition No. 17490 of 2010 In the present writ petition, challenge is to the order (Annexure P-5) dated 9th August, 2010 passed by respondent No.1, whereby order Civil Writ Petition No. 17490 of 2010 (O&M) (Annexure P-3) dated 29th June, 2010 passed by respondent No.2 was affirmed and the petitioner was suspended from the post of Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, village Issru, Block Khanna, District Ludhiana on the allegation that he had not taken active steps to dispossess his grandfather Gurdev Singh and brother of his grandfather Babu Singh from the land belonging to the Gram Panchayat. Counsel for the petitioner has stated that stay is operating in favour of his grandfather Gurdev Singh and brother of his grandfather Babu Singh in view of the order (Annexure R-4/4) dated July 12, 2010 passed by this Court. A perusal of order (Annexure R-4/4) reveals that order of status- quo was passed, as the contesting party, i.e. Gram Panchayat had not caused appearance. At this stage, counsel for the petitioner has stated that he will be satisfied in case it is ordered that the regular enquiry, which is pending against the petitioner, is concluded within a specified timeframe. Counsel for the respondents have no objection thereto. Accordingly, the present writ petition is hereby disposed of by directing the Enquiry Officer, i.e. the Divisional Deputy Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab to conclude the enquiry within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order and thereafter, in pursuance of the regular enquiry, a final order shall be passed by respondent No.2 within one month thereafter. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 8, 2010 rps 2