CWP No. 6195 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 6195 of 2011 Date of decision:- 07.04.2011 Paramjit Singh son of Gurdev Singh r/o H. No. 6/Y, Dobetta Colony, Nangal township, Tehsil Nangal, District Ropar. ...... Petitioner Vs State of Punjab and others. ......Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Munish Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * * RANJAN GOGOI, C.J. (ORAL) This PIL has been filed seeking intervention of the Court with the certain decisions of the Municipal Council, Nangal in the matter of expenditure to be incurred on erection of statues and for purchase of fire brigade equipments. A perusal of the averments made in the writ petition would disclose that the petitioner has already submitted a representation dated 21.01.2011 (Annexure P3), inter-alia, to the Secretary, Local Self Government, Punjab. No order on the said representation has been passed till today. The issues raised in the writ petition pertain to policy matters and also matters pertaining to deployment/use of public funds and such issues should, in the first instance, be answered by the authority of the State. CWP No. 6195 of 2011 2 Having regard to the issues raised in the writ petition, we are of the view that, at this stage, it would be more appropriate to direct the Secretary, Local Self Government, Punjab to take the representation dated 21.01.2011 (Annexure P3) filed by the petitioner on record and pass appropriate orders thereon. We, therefore, order accordingly. Necessary and consequential orders will be passed by the said authority as expeditiously as possible and in any case within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. (RANJAN GOGOI) CHIEF JUSTICE (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) JUDGE 07.04.2011 Amodh