IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 17674 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 04.10.2008 Jasbir Singh .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Sukhdip Singh Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the election of respondents No.7 to 11 as Panches of Gram Panchayat, Village Salempur, District Sangrur, on the ground that nomination paper of the petitioner was illegally rejected by the Returning Officer. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we are of the opinoin that the petitioner can question the election of the returned candidates as Panches only by filing election petition under Section 76 read with Section 89 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, on the aforesaid ground. In view of this legal position, counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to CWP No. 17674 of 2008 -2- file the election petition in accordance with law. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 04, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE