IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 17695 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 04.10.2008 Smt. Harjinder Kaur and another .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Amar Vivek, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners have filed this petition for setting aside the election result (Annexure P-3) of the Panches of Gram Panchayat Village Shehbazpur, District Hoshiarpur. It is the case of the petitioners that in the elections held on 26.5.2008, petitioner No.1 had contested the said election against the reserve category of `women' and petitioner No.2 contested against the reserve category of `Scheduled Castes'. In their respective categories, both the petitioners have been declared defeated. It is the further case of the petitioners that they have been wrongly declared defeated, as they have secured more votes than the votes secured by the candidates, who have been declared elected from the General category. CWP No. 17695 of 2008 -2- Since the petitioners are questioning the election of Panches, we are not inclined to entertain this petition, because in our opinion, the petitioners have remedy to file the election petition under Section 76 read with Section 89 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 to question the election of Panches on the ground that the petitioners have been wrongly declared defeated. Dismissed, without prejudice to the right of the petitioners to avail the remedy of election petition, in accordance with law. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 04, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE