CWP No.18174 of 2010 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18174 of 2010 Date of decision: December 21, 2010. Paramjit Kaur Sarpanch ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri Raj Kumar Garg, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 3. None for respondent No.4. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): Counsel for the respondent-State has filed short reply by way of affidavit of Director, Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab and the same is taken on record. Present writ petition has been filed by the Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat of Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Nagar, District Ludhiana praying that the resolution, Annexure P-2, dated 30.9.2010, passed by three members of the Gram Panchayat out of total number of 5 members of the Gram Panchayat, be quashed, as three out of five members do not constitute 2/3rd majority. Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, learned Additional Advocate CWP No.18174 of 2010 -: 2 :- General, Punjab, appearing for the respondent-State, has submitted that the State of Punjab has issued an ordinance called “The Punjab Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010” on December 14, 2010, whereby Section 19 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, which prescribed for removal of the Sarpanch by No Confidence Motion by 2/3rd majority, has been repealed. Counsel for the State has further submitted that since no notification has been issued to de-notify the continuation of the petitioner as Sarpanch, he will continue to be Sarpanch. Counsel for the petitioner submits that in view of the statement made by the State Counsel, the present writ petition has been rendered infructuous and be dismissed as such. Ordered accordingly. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] December 21, 2010. Judge kadyan