CWP No.7391 of 2011 & connected petitions IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition.No.7391 of 2011 Date of decision: 12.5.2011 Kulwinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: M/S M.K.Singla, P.S.Khurana, V.K.Sandhir, S.S.Sidhu, Sukhjinder Singh,P.S.Sekhon, C.L.Premi, Naiya Gill, Onkar Rai, O.S.Batalwi, Jagmeet Singh, Sandeep Arora, Nandal Jindal, L.S.Sidhu, Vikram Singh, P.S.Mirpur, Umesh Kumar, B.S.Makar and Manjeet Singh, Advocates for petitioners. Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Addl.A.G.Punjab and Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Addl.A.G.Punjab. Mr.R.K.Garg, Advocate for the caveator in CWP No.8249/2011. Mr. Balbir Singh, Advocate for respondent No.5 in CWP 8351/11. Adarsh Kumar Goel, ACJ. This order will dispose of CWP Nos.7391, 7393 to 7403, 7736, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7849, 7887, 7901, 7987, 7988, 7989, 8000, 8008, 8001, 8138, 8188, 8190, 8204, 8245, 8246, 8247, 8248, 8290, 8286, 8249, 8325, 8335, 8336, 8349, 8350, 8355, 8362, 8368, 8351 of 2011, as stated by learned counsel for the parties, these petitions involve common question as to validity of Punjab Panchayati Raj 1 CWP No.7391 of 2011 & connected petitions (Amendment) Act, 2011. The said issue has been dealt with by us in a separate judgment rendered today in CWP No.7392 of 2011 (Nirbhai Singh v. State of Punjab and others). In view of above, no further order is necessary in these petitions and the same are disposed of accordingly. A photo copy of this order be placed on the file of each connected case. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Acting Chief Justice May 12, 2011 (Ajay Kumar Mittal) ‘gs’ Judge 2