CWP No. 13493 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 13493 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision 13.10.2011 Simranjit Singh Mann . Appellants Versus Union of India and others .. Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV NARAIN RAINA Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner 1. To be referred to the Reporter or not ? 2. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? M.M.KUMAR, ACJ. 1. The petitioner is President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann Group) and has approached this Court in public interest with a prayer for issuance of a direction to the respondents- Union of India and State of Punjab to hold independent enquiry preferably by the C.B.I. with regard to the status of Shri Arvind Khanna who has been contesting election for the office of M.P. and M.L.A. from Sangrur constituency . The allegations levelled against Shri Arvind Khanna, respondent no.4 is that he is a British citizen and as such cannot contest election being a British citizen. The petitioner has political career like respondent no.4. The public interest litigation cannot be used the same for settling political scores. In a recent judgement Hon'ble the Supreme Court has expressed the view that if there is element of personal interest then the forum of public interest litigation cannot be utilised ( See State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal and CWP No. 13493 of 2011 2 ors AIR 2010 SC 2550) Moreover, there is nothing on the record to suggest that respondent no.4 is a British citizen except some indirect evidence (P.6). There is thus no merit in the writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. (M.M.Kumar) Acting Chief Justice (Rajiv Narain Raina) 13.10.2011 Judge okg