Civil Writ Petition No. 1152 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 1152 of 2010 Date of decision : 12.05.2010 Sham Singh Panch and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.K. Garg, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for respondents No. 1 to 3. Ms. Jatinder Jit Kaur, Advocate for respondent No. 4. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The only grievance of the petitioner in the instant writ petition is that despite clear allegation of misappropriation of Panchayat funds by respondent No. 4, no action has been taken against him by official respondents. Learned State counsel, at the outset, has referred to reply filed by Gurdev Singh Sidhu, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab and has submitted that regular inquiry has already been initiated against respondent No. 4 and the same was entrusted to Divisional Deputy Director, Jalandhar vide letter no. 6/14/09/Kapurthala-C/1116-18, dated 11.01.2010. He submits that petitioners and respondent No. 4 have been appearing before the inquiry officer and adducing evidence. He further submits that after report of the regular inquiry is received from the Divisional Deputy Civil Writ Petition No. 1152 of 2010 2 Director, Panchayats Jalandhar, action in accordance with law shall be taken. Reply on behalf of respondent No. 4 has also been filed in court. The same is taken on record. Learned counsel submits that pursuant to initiation of regular inquiry, respondent No. 4 has already appeared before the inquiry officer. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. In view of the stand taken by learned State counsel, it is clear that regular inquiry against respondent No. 4 is pending and official respondents are already seized of the matter. Under the circumstances, no interference in the writ jurisdiction of this court is called for. The petition is thus, dismissed. This court, however, expects that the proceedings shall be completed expeditiously. May 12, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE