CWP No. 2935 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … CWP No. 2935 of 2010 Date of decision: February 18,2010 Gram Panchayat of village Rohar Jagir ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Punjab and others ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Malkiat Mann, Advocate for the Petitioner. ... Rajan Gupta,J. This is a petition preferred by Gram Panchayat of village Rohar Jagir seeking a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondent Nos.1 to 4 to take action against respondent Nos.5 to 7 for allegedly digging up bricks from streets in the village. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that bricks from two streets and one chowk of the village had been dug up by respondent Nos.5 to 7. An inquiry was conducted by Junior Engineer who reported that about 15215 bricks were missing, value of which came to Rs. 51750/-. A complaint dated 20.11.2009 (Annexure P-3) was made to the Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, Chandigarh but no action had been taken thereon. He has argued that in view of the report submitted by the CWP No. 2935 of 2010 2 Junior Engineer, necessary action should have been initiated against respondent Nos.5 to 7. He thus prays that a direction be issued to the respondents to take necessary action against respondent Nos.5 to 7. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. A perusal of the report Annexure P-1 shows that about 15000/- bricks are reported to have been dug up from the streets in the village. The value of which is estimated Rs. 51750/-. It is however, not clear whether any inquiry was entrusted to the Junior Engineer by any authority. The report Annexure P-1 neither bears any endorsement number nor any date. It has not been specified therein whether the inquiry was conducted pursuant to some orders passed by the higher authorities or suo motu. In any case, in the said inquiry, there is no indictment of respondent Nos.5 to 7. Thus prayer of petitioner that action be initiated on the basis of the said report is misconceived. It is also inexplicable why the Gram Panchayat has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this court for seeking necessary relief. Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 which is a complete code in itself incorporates provisions for initiating action, if any in such matters. The present writ petition is thus totally misconceived. The same is hereby dismissed. February 18,2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) nk JUDGE