Civil Writ Petition No.16968 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16968 of 2010 Date of Order: 04.08.2011 Gram Panchayat Sekhwan ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present:Mr. Gagandeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Puneet Gupta, Addl.AG, Punjab for respondent nos. 1,3 4 and 5 Mr.Anupam Singh, Advocate for respondent no.2 RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral) The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the District Education Officer (Elementary), Gurdaspur, to approve the Rural Education Development Committee, Village Sekhwan, Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur. Counsel for the petitioner submits that though the constitution of the Committee has been forwarded to the District Education Officer (Elementary), Gurdaspur, he has neither approved nor rejected the constitution of the Committee. Civil Writ Petition No.16968 of 2010 -2- Counsel for the respondents submits that as constitution of the Committee is contrary to instructions Annexure P-5, the matter is pending consideration before the District Education Officer (Elementary), Gurdaspur,. I have heard counsel for the parties and perused instructions, Annexure P-5. As per guidelines/instructions, Annexure P-5, a Rural Education Development Committee is required to be constituted in every primary or upper primary schools. The Gram Panchayat, has constituted a Rural Education Development Committee and the head teacher of the school has forwarded the proposed committee to the District Education Officer (Elementary), Gurdaspur, for approval. The matter is, however, pending consideration before this officer as no final decision has been taken into the matter. As a consequence, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the the District Education Officer (Elementary), Gurdaspur, to consider the Rural Education Development Committee, as forwarded by the Head Teacher of the school and if constituted in accordance with the guidelines/instructions, Annexure P-5, pass orders, approving the Committee. In case, the Committee is not constituted, in accordance with guidelines/instructions, the District Education Officer (Elementary), Gurdaspur, would be at liberty to call upon a Gram Panchayat/Head Teacher to re-constitute the Committee Civil Writ Petition No.16968 of 2010 -3- as per Annexure P-5. The needful be done within 15 days of the receipt of a certified copy of this order. No order as to costs. August 04, 2011 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE