IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 9132 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 18.08.2008 Sohan Lal .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present: Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the action of the Returning Officer, whereby the nomination paper of the petitioner for the office of Sarpanch has not been taken into consideration, while conducting the election of the Gram Panchayat of Village Jagpalpur, Tehsil Phagwara, District Kapurthala. It is the case of the petitioner that he being voter of the Village Gram Panchayat is fully eligible to contest the Panchayat elections and had filed his nomination papers on 16.5.2008 but the same has been mis-placed at the instance of respondent No.7 Santokh Lal. However, with this petition, the petitioner has not annexed any document with regard to his filing of the nomination paper. In our view, the petitioner has raised disputed question CWP No. 9132 of 2008 -2- of fact. He has also a remedy of election petition, which has not been availed by him. Therefore, we are not inclined to entertain this writ petition. Dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE August 18, 2008 ( DAYA CHAUDHARY ) ndj JUDGE