IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.978 of 2009 Date of Decision: January 21, 2009 Harbans Kaur .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Rahul Rampal, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that an election petition was filed which has been transferred to the Election Commissioner – cum- Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana. Till date however, no date has been fixed for consideration of the issues. Under the circumstances, even notice has not been given to the respondents in the election petition. Learned counsel has pointed out that under the Statute, election petition is required to be decided, preferably within six months, however, the election petition filed on 18.8.2008 is lying without adjudication. Controversy being confined only to CWP No.978 of 2009 [2] decision of the election petition, this petition is disposed of without notice to the respondent, with direction that the election petition would be decided by the District Election Commissioner –cum- Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana within four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (AJAI LAMBA) January 21, 2009 JUDGE avin