IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 17505 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 03.10.2008 Jasbir Kaur .... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Ranjit Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who claims herself to be declared elected as a Panch of Gram Panchayat, village Kot Datta, Tehsil Patti, District Tarn Taran, in the elections held on 26.5.208, has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the election of respondent No.6 as Panch of the aforesaid Gram Panchayat. This petition has been filed even after the expiry of limitation for filing the election petition. The petitioner is disputing the election of respondent No.6 as Panch, on the ground that she was wrongly declared elected, whereas in fact the petitioner was elected in the elections and her result was also declared. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, we are of the opinion CWP No. 17505 of 2008 -2- that the petitioner should have questioned the election of respondent No.6 as Panch only by filing election petition under Section 76 read with Section 89 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994. Now, at this belated stage, we are not inclined to entertain this writ petition. Dismissed, without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to avail the remedy of election petition, in accordance with law. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE October 03, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE