IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6618 of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : 16.10.2008 Baljinder Singh and others .... PETITIONERS Versus The State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Sudhir Makkar, Senior DAG, Haryana, for the respondents. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners, who are residents of Village Malikpur, Tehsil Safidon, District Jind, have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents to release the funds allocated for the construction of a C.C. Street in the village, which has been illegally stopped. In the written statement, the stand taken by the respondents is that the Chief Minister, Haryana, announced a grant of Rs. 16,56,000/-, which was sanctioned under the H.R.D.F. Scheme and first instalment of the said grant amounting to Rs. 4,95,000/- has already been released and the CWP No. 6618 of 2007 -2- remaining amount could not be released for want of unanimous decision by the previous and the present Gram Panchayat of the village. Now, the new Gram Panchayat has been constituted in the village and counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners will be satisfied if this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Jind to release the grant in accordance with law after due consultation with the newly elected Gram Panchayat. Counsel for the respondents has no objection to the issuance of this direction. Consequently, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Jind to look into the matter and disburse the remaining grant, after consultation with the new Gram Panchayat, Village Malikpur, Tehsil Safidon, District Jind, in accordance with law. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 16, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE