IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 18266 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 22.10.2008 Karnail Singh and others .... PETITIONERS Versus The Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats (Punjab), Chandigarh and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Dinesh Ghai, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners have filed this petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the order dated 24.5.2008, passed by respondent No.7, whereby their representation against the rejection of their nomination papers by the Presiding Officer was dismissed. It is case of the petitioners that their nomination papers were illegally rejected by the Presiding Officer. Undisputedly, election has already taken place on 26.5.2008 and now, the present petition has been filed. In our opinion, the petitioners have the remedy of election petition, challenging the election of the returned candidates on the ground that the nomination papers of the petitioners were CWP No. 18266 of 2008 -2- illegally rejected by the Presiding Officer. In view of the above, counsel for the petitioners, on instructions from petitioner No.1, who is present in Court, states that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to avail the remedy of election petition in accordance with law. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 22, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE