CWP No.18359 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.18359 of 2010 Date of decision: 13.12.2010 Balwinder Kaur ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. M.K. Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Bhanot, Addl. A.G., Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Present petition is filed challenging the resolution dated 3.9.2010 passing no confidence motion against the petitioner-sarpanch. Application requesting to convene the meeting to discuss and take decision on the no confidence motion must contain recital that majority of the panches/members of the gram panchayat are intending to move no confidence motion against the sitting sarpanch. From the perusal of the application (Annexure P-1), I am unable to find out any recital to the effect that sarpanch has lost confidence and members/panches of the gram panchayat are intending to move and discuss no confidence motion against the sitting sarpanch. In the opinion of this Court, in the absence of any proper application to discuss the no confidence motion, meeting to discuss no confidence motion ordinarily should not be convened. Since meeting CWP No.18359 of 2010 -2- was convened on the basis of application, which does not contain any request to discuss the no confidence motion, seems to be unjustified and without jurisdiction. Present petition is allowed. Impugned resolution is quashed with liberty to the panches/members of the gram panchayat to move fresh application in accordance with law and in the event of moving such application same shall be disposed of in accordance with law. (Alok Singh) Judge December 13, 2010 R.S.