Civil Writ Petition No. 19070 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 19070 of 2010 Date of Decision: 25.10.2010 Buta Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. R.K. Handa, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) In the present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged his removal from the post of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Ubha, Block Mansa, District Mansa, in pursuance of “No Confidence Motion” passed against him. It is stated that there are nine members of Panchayat including the Sarpanch. Out of nine, six members of the Panchayat constitutes 2/3rd majority. A meeting was held on 13.9.2010 wherein six members have voted against the petitioner and “No Confidence Motion” was carried. This fact has been recorded in the Proceedings Book, which has been annexed with the present writ petition as Annexure P3. A grievance has been made, in the present writ petition, that the Authorities had not adhered to follow the procedure, as prescribed under Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, as no seven Civil Writ Petition No. 19070 of 2010 2 days' clear notice was given to the members of the Gram Panchayat. It is not disputed that all the nine members of the Gram Panchayat had attended the meeting, in pursuance of which the proceedings, vide Annexure P3, were recorded. If that be so, no prejudice has been caused to the petitioner-Sarpanch and hence, the meeting held to pass “No Confidence Motion” shall not vitiate. Had one member not attended the meeting, the inference would have been different. Another argument raised is that earlier the meeting was scheduled to be held on 9.9.2010 but the same was held on 13.9.2010. Apparently, no meeting was held on 9.9.2010 and “No Confidence Motion” was put to vote in the meeting held on 13.9.2010. Thus, it cannot be said that “No Confidence Motion” was considered on 9.9.2010. Hence, no interference is warranted in the present writ petition and the same is hereby dismissed, in limine, with no orders as to costs. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge October 25, 2010 “DK”