Civil Writ Petition No.12048 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12048 of 2010 Date of Decision:04.01.2011 Swaran Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR. Present: Mr.Prateek Pandit, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Sartaj Singh Gill, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Mr.Gurdev Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.5. **** M EHINDER S INGH S ULLAR , J.(oral) The pointed grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.5 is in unauthorised possession of the land in question of Gram Panchayat and the District Development and Panchayat Officer, Kapurthala, reported the matter in this regard to the Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, Chandigarh, vide report Annexure P-4, but no action has yet been taken on it. The argument is that respondent No.5 is still in unauthorised possession of the land of Gram Panchayat, rendering him ineligible to hold the post of Panch of the same Gram Panchayat. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record and after considering the matter deeply, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, Chandigarh, to decide the entire matter including the complaint/report (Annexure P-4) within a period of three months from today and to take appropriate Civil Writ Petition No.12048 of 2010 2 action accordingly, in accordance with law. Needless to mention that, if the petitioner is still aggrieved by the order of the Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, Chandigarh, then he would be at liberty to challenge the same by availing appropriate remedy, as contemplated under the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994. January 04, 2011 (MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR) seema JUDGE