IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.11927 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 Kaushalya Bai .....PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH --- Present: Mr. Karanvir Singh, Advocate, for Mr.Gaurave Bhayyia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.N.S.Virk, Addl.A.G., Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 6. Mr.Anureet Singh Sidhu, Advocate, for respondents No.7 and 8. .. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral) The petitioner, who has been elected as a Panch from the General Category, has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to respondent No.2 to consider the candidature of the petitioner for the office of Sarpanch, which is reserved for Woman, being a woman. During the pendency of this petition, the election of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat of Village Parbhat Singh Wala Uttar has taken place in which respondent No.8 has been elected as Sarpanch of the Gram C.W.P. No.11927 of 2008 -2- Panchayat. The proceedings of the meeting dated 9.8.2008 have been annexed with the reply filed by respondents No.1,3,4 and 9 as Annexure R-1. A perusal of the said proceedings shows that the petitioner did not contest the election of the Sarpanch. In our opinion, respondent No.8, being a woman Panch, was fully eligible to contest the election of the Sarpanch which was reserved for the category of Woman, as has been held by this Court in Sukhjit Kaur v. State of Punjab and others, CWP No.13738 of 2008, decided on 05.08.2008.. Thus, we do not find any merit in this petition and the same is hereby dismissed. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE September 17, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) vkg JUDGE