IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 5124 of 2008 Date of Decision: 13.02.2009 Ujjagar Singh and others ..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR,CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present : Mr. P.P.S.Duggal, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Amol Rattan Singh, Addl. A.G. Punjab for respondents No.1 to 3 Ms. J.J.Kaur, Advocate for respondents No.4 and 5 **** T.S.Thakur, C.J. (Oral) We have heard learned counsel for the parties at some length and perused the record. The challenge in the present writ petition which purports to have been filed in public interest is to an election process in relation to a Dera which is no more than a registered Society. There is admittedly no statutory flavour in the process of holding the election by the office bearers of the Society to call for interference in public interest in exercise of our writ jurisdiction. The very fact that there is no provision in the Constitution of the Society for redressal of any grievance relating to the holding of election also does not in our opinion make any material difference. The proper remedy for the petitioner is to seek redress in a CWP No. 5124 of 2008 [2] proper civil action before a competent Civil Court. The present writ petition is utterly misconceived and dismissed with costs of Rs. 15,000/-. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw this petition reserving liberty for the petitioner to file a proper civil action for redressal of his grievance. Although the prayer is belated, we allow the same in the interest of justice and dismiss this petition as withdrawn with the liberty prayed for. (T.S.THAKUR) CHIEF JUSTICE (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 13.02.2009 'ravinder'