Civil Writ Petition No.20145 of 2010 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.20145 of 2010 Date of decision: December 21, 2010. Gram Panchayat Village Megha Panj Grain Hithar ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri V.K. Sandhir, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): Present writ petition has been filed by the Gram Panchayat of village Megha Panj Grain Hithar, Block Guruharsahari, District Ferozepur. They have prayed that letter (Annexure P-1), whereby Rs.6.50 lacs granted to Panchayat were diverted and entrusted to respondent No.5, be quashed. It is stated that the Gram Panchayat being elected Panchayat, is answerable to the ultimate sovereign, the people, who have elected them and it is for them to decide and spend the grant in the best interest of the village. Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, appearing for the respondent-State, states at the outset that he will not join issues with the petitioner regarding the validity of AnnexureP-1, however, he submits, to redress the grievance of the Civil Writ Petition No.20145 of 2010 -: 2 :- petitioner, an additional amount of Rs.4.00 lacs, over and above the grant already sanctioned, has been disbursed to the Gram Panchayat on 17.12.2010. Shri Sharma states that above statement has been made on instructions of Shri J.S. Ahluwalia, Law officer from the office of Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab. Counsel for the petitioner submits that in case the amount has been so released by the State as a goodwill gesture, he will not press the present petition and the same be dismissed as such. Ordered accordingly. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] December 21, 2010. Judge kadyan