Civil Writ Petition No. 17150 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 17150 of 2010 Date of Decision: 29.11.2010 Hari Om and Others …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Palvinder Singh, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 6. Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.7. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Six members of Gram Panchayat, Village Sidhwan Bet, Tehsil Jagraon, District Ludhiana, have approached this Court with the prayer that the official respondents be directed to take strict legal action against respondent No.7-Gram Panchayat, village Salempura, who unauthorizedly dug the drain to put dirty water of the village in the pond of Gram Panchayat of the petitioners. Respondent No.6-Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana, has filed a short reply, wherein it has been stated that on the receipt of notice of the present writ petition, the inquiry has been entrusted to the Executive Engineer, Panchayati Raj, Civil Writ Petition No. 17150 of 2010 2 with the direction to submit his report within a period of one week. It is further stated that after the report is received, an appropriate action will be taken against the defaulting officials in accordance with the provisions of law. Learned counsel for respondents No.1 to 6 has also submitted that the inquiry report is likely to be received by respondent No.5-District Development and Panchayat Officer, Ludhiana, and thereafter strict legal action, in accordance with the provisions of law, shall be taken against the erring party. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for respondents No.1 to 6, respondent No.5-District Development and Panchayat Officer, Ludhiana, is directed to take strict action against the erring party, in consonance with the report of the Executive Engineer, Panchayati Raj, in accordance with the provisions of law. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge November 29, 2010 “DK”