IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 19094 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: NOVEMBER 07, 2008 Balwan Singh .....PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH --- Present: Mr. S.S.Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. .. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral) The petitioner has filed this petition directly to this court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents to recover an amount of Rs.1,22,232/- from respondent No.4, the Sarpanch of Village Gram Panchayat Atawala. Under Section 53 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, the Block Development and Panchayat Officer is the competent authority, who can recover the loss caused to the Gram Panchayat, from the Sarpanch after holding an enquiry and providing an opportunity of hearing to the Sarpanch. In this case, undisputedly, the petitioner, without making any representation to the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, has directly filed this petition before this court. Therefore, we are not inclined to entertain this petition. Dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to first approach the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, who is the authority under the law to recover any loss caused to the Gram Panchayat. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE November 07, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) vkg JUDGE