CWP No.17352 of 2011 (O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.17352 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 02.12.2011 Dr. Parminder Singh Brar son of Sh. H.S. Brar, Brar Hospital, Gulmohar Nagar, Khanna, District Ludhiana. ... Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab through the Secretary to the Govt. of Punjab, Deptt of Medical Education and Research, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh and others. ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:Mr. R.K. Chopra, Senior Advocate with Ms. Maninder, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Addl. AG, Punjab, for respondent No.1 to 3. Mr. B.S. Walia, Advocate, for respondent No.4. ***** 1.Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2.To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1. The counsel Mr. Walia appearing for the Returning Officer states that the papers have been sealed and have been retained in safe custody. 2. The counsel for the petitioner states that under the relevant regulations, the State Government may on its own motion or an objection made before it, take a decision on the CWP No.17352 of 2011 (O&M) [2] validity of the election and may call upon to make a fresh election if a complaint is found to be genuine. The counsel for the Returning Officer says that in respect of very same election, there had been a restraint sought against the declaration of the result and this Court had vacated the initial order of injunction and allowed the results to be announced. The order passed in yet another writ petition appears to have been challenged in a further appeal and the decision of this Court appears to have been confirmed. The other case in CWP No.1178 of 2009 is said to be posted for 06.03.2012 for filing reply. The counsel for the Returning Officer seeks this case could also be posted along with the same case. 3. I do not think that the Government's decision should be postponed only because there is yet another writ petition pending before this Court challenging the conduct of election. The Government shall do what it is empowered to do under the regulations. I direct the Government to take decision in exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 15, as expeditiously as possible, by securing the records, which are in the hands of the Returning Officer and take a decision within a period of 8 weeks from today. 4. The writ petition is disposed of. 5. A copy of the order be given to the parties dasti on payment of usual charges. NOVEMBER 02, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE