LPA No. 1808 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 1808 of 2010 Date of decision: 24.02.2011 Kaushalya wife of Shri Krishan ......APPELLANT VERSUS State of Haryana and others ….. RESPONDENTS CORAM:HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr. J.P.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ashok Jindal, Addl. A.G. Haryana. *** RANJAN GOGOI, CJ (Oral) The appellant-writ petitioner challenges the election of the respondent No. 5 to the office of Sarpanch of Village Daroli Ahir, Tehsil Narnaul, District Mahendergarh, though the prayer made in the writ petition was for holding an enquiry into the conduct of the election. The learned Single Judge declined to entertain the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner had a remedy of filing an election petition. Hence, this appeal has been filed. The question raised before us is that initially the appellant-writ petitioner was shown to have been defeated by one vote though in the final result, the difference was 174 votes. Be that as it may, if there is a LPA No. 1808 of 2010 2 provision for filing an election petition against the declaration of result, recourse to the writ remedy will not be justified. In any event, the issue raised, as noticed above, canot be effectively answered in a proceeding under Article 226. We, therefore, affirm the view taken by the learned Single Judge and dismiss this appeal. ( RANJAN GOGOI ) CHIEF JUSTICE ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) JUDGE February 24, 2011 pj