IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1334 of 2009 Date of Decision: January 28, 2009 The Gram Panchayat, Village Dalleke .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. K.S. Sidhu, Advocate, for Mr. S.P.S. Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Learned counsel states that the petitioner, Panchayat, is being discriminated against because majority of the Panches in the Panchayat is from Congress Party. While the other Panchayats are given grant under RDF Scheme for utilisation as per public opinion/ public demand, in the case of the petitioner, grant is being released to respondent No.4 i.e. Executive Engineer, Punjab Panchayati Raj, Tehsil & District Moga. It has been specifically asserted that the grant, ordinarily in other Panchayats, is being given to the Panchayat members in discharge of their duties. In such circumstances, the powers of the democratic body are being throttled. CWP No.1334 of 2009 [2] Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the petition so as to enable the petitioner to approach the Secretary with its grievance. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. (AJAI LAMBA) January 28, 2009 JUDGE avin