IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7577 of 2009 Date of Decision: May 19, 2009 Joginder Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.S. Chahal, Advocate, for the petitioners. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Learned counsel contends that despite misconduct of respondent No.7 (Major Singh, Ex- Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Ghaniwala) having come on record, no action is being initiated by the respondents. Finding of fact has been returned by the Block Development & Panchayat Officer in Annexure P-1 dated 18.11.2008 to the effect that Rs.5,11,608/- have been used by the said respondent for personal use and the same needs to be recovered. Even 216.33 Quintals of Wheat has been utilised for personal use of the respondents. No action is being taken for political reasons. CWP No.7577 of 2009 [2] Learned counsel for the petitioners wants to withdraw the petition so as to enable the petitioners to approach respondent No.1 under Chapter VIII of the Punjab Election Commission Act, 1994. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. This Court expects the Secretary, Government of Punjab, Department of Panchayats, Punjab, to take up the matter with the concerned officers and issue appropriate directions as required by law. (AJAI LAMBA) May 19, 2009 JUDGE avin