Civil Writ Petition No. 17451 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 17451 of 2010 Date of Decision: 27.9.2010 Surjit Singh …Petitioner Versus Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. I.S. Saggu, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Issue notice of motion. On asking of the Court, Ms. Ambika Luthra, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to the order passed by a Division Bench of this Court in Surjit Singh v. State of Punjab and Others (Letters Patent Appeal No. 662 of 2010, decided on 23.7.2010), whereby the petitioner was relegated to seek reference under Sections 55 and 56 of the Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as “1961 Act”), regarding the validity of votes and electoral zones. He further submits that the petition under Sections 55 and 56 of the 1961 Act was argued on 21.9.2010, Civil Writ Petition No. 17451 of 2010 2 which is now fixed for orders on 29.9.2010 and during this period, the impugned election programme (Annexure P17) has been issued on 23.9.2010. In view of this, respondent No.1-Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Punjab, is directed to pronounce the order in reference petition, positively, on 29.9.2010. In case, it is held that voters' list or electoral zones are to be recast, then the petitioner is granted liberty to make a prayer to the Registrar that the impugned election programme (Annexure P17) be kept in abeyance. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. A copy of this order, attested by the Special Secretary of this Court, be provided to learned counsel for the parties, for onward transmission and compliance. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge September 27, 2010 “DK”