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Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Tarsem Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 5 December, 2008<\/div>\n
      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n                     CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                                    C.W.P. No. 12264 of 2008\n                                           DATE OF DECISION : 05.12.2008\n\nTarsem Singh\n                                                              .... PETITIONER\n\n                                    Versus\n\nState of Punjab and others\n                                                          ..... RESPONDENTS\n\nCORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL\n             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH\n\n\nPresent:     Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate,\n             for the petitioner.\n\n             Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab,\n             for respondents No.1 to 7.\n\n             Mr. Anupam Bhardwaj, Advocate,\n             for respondent No.8.\n\n                          ***\n\nJASWANT SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n
             Petitioner-Tarsem Singh was a contestant for the seat of Panch,<\/p>\n
reserved for the Scheduled Caste category, in the Gram Panchayat of<\/p>\n
Village Jastarwal, Block Harsha Chinna, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar,<\/p>\n
which consists of 7 Panches. It is an admitted position that out of the total 7<\/p>\n
seats of Panches, one was reserved for the Scheduled Caste category, two<\/p>\n
reserved for women and the remaining four were open\/kept for General<\/p>\n
category. It is further an admitted position that the election for the said seats<\/p>\n
of the Gram Panchayat was held on 26.5.2008. After the election, the
\n CWP No. 12264 of 2008                                                 -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
counting was held on the same day and the petitioner having secured 113<\/p>\n
votes, as against respondent No.8 Anokh Singh, who secured only 12 votes,<\/p>\n
was declared as elected by the Presiding Officer by declaration of result on<\/p>\n
Form IX, copy of which has been annexed with the petition as Annexure P-<\/p>\n
5. It appears that after the declaration of result, the defeated candidate<\/p>\n
Anokh Singh filed a complaint before the Sub Divisional Magistrate cum<\/p>\n
Election Officer, Ajnala (respondent No.7), alleging that the petitioner-<\/p>\n
Tarsem Singh belonged to Masih caste, which is a Christian caste, and he<\/p>\n
got prepared a false Scheduled Caste Certificate, on the basis of which he<\/p>\n
filed his nomination paper and contested against the seat of Panch, reserved<\/p>\n
for the Scheduled Caste category. Therefore, it was alleged that his election<\/p>\n
is illegal and the same cannot be notified. On that complaint, respondent<\/p>\n
No.7 called a report from the concerned Returning Officer, who in his report<\/p>\n
stated that the petitioner filed his nomination paper as a Scheduled Caste<\/p>\n
candidate against the seat reserved for the Schedule Caste category and in<\/p>\n
the election, he was declared elected as a Panch against the seat reserved for<\/p>\n
the Scheduled Caste category.\n<\/p>\n
            Thereafter, respondent No.7 examined the case and found that<\/p>\n
petitioner Tarsem Singh filed his nomination paper along with the<\/p>\n
Scheduled Caste Certificate, bearing No. 93 dated 9.6.2003 and the said<\/p>\n
Certificate had already been enquired into by the then Sub Divisional<\/p>\n
Magistrate, Ajnala, in the year 2003, and it was found to be a forged\/false<\/p>\n
Certificate. Report in that regard had been sent to the Returning Officer,
\n CWP No. 12264 of 2008                                                  -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
Block Harsha Chhina, on 20.6.2003. It is in these circumstances that<\/p>\n
respondent No.7 cancelled the nomination paper of the petitioner and<\/p>\n
compiled a revised result, whereby respondent No.8 Anokh Singh, being the<\/p>\n
only other candidate, who had contested the election of Panch against the<\/p>\n
petitioner, was declared elected. Copy of the revised result was sent to the<\/p>\n
District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar (respondent<\/p>\n
No.3 herein) vide his report dated 9.6.2008 (Annexure R-8\/2).<\/p>\n
Consequently, vide notification dated 2.7.2008 (Annexure P-7), the State<\/p>\n
Election Commission notified the name of respondent No.8 Anokh Singh as<\/p>\n
an elected Panch of the said Gram Panchayat against the seat reserved for<\/p>\n
Scheduled Caste. It is in these facts that the petitioner has filed the present<\/p>\n
writ petition, challenging the notification dated 2.7.2008 (Annexure P-7).<\/p>\n
            We have heard the arguments of learned counsel for the parties<\/p>\n
and perused the record.\n<\/p>\n
            In the aforesaid facts, the question for determination is as to<\/p>\n
whether the State Election Commission has any jurisdiction to change the<\/p>\n
result of a Panch, after the same has been declared by the Presiding Officer\/<\/p>\n
Returning Officer on the statutory Form IX, in terms of Rule 33 (2) (e) of<\/p>\n
the Punjab Panchayat Election Rules, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as `the<\/p>\n
Rules’), on the ground that nomination paper of the elected candidate was<\/p>\n
illegally accepted, as the Scheduled Caste Certificate, relied upon by the<\/p>\n
elected candidate had already been declared forged\/false.<\/p>\n
            It is undisputed that for the lone seat of Panch, reserved for the
\n CWP No. 12264 of 2008                                                   -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
category of Scheduled Caste, there were only two contestants, namely<\/p>\n
petitioner Tarsem Singh and respondent No.8 Anokh Singh. After the<\/p>\n
scrutiny of their nomination papers, the Presiding Officer found the same in<\/p>\n
order. The election between the two candidates was held on 26.5.2008.<\/p>\n
After the election, on counting of votes, the Presiding Officer declared the<\/p>\n
petitioner as elected Panch, as he had secured 113 votes, as against<\/p>\n
respondent No.8, who had secured only 12 votes. It is also an admitted fact<\/p>\n
that in pursuance of the counting of votes and declaration of result, the<\/p>\n
Presiding Officer filled up the statutory Form IX, as required under Rule 33<\/p>\n
(2) (e) of the Rules and sent the same for notification of the result. It is also<\/p>\n
not disputed that after the declaration of the result in Form IX, a complaint<\/p>\n
was filed by respondent No.8 Anokh Singh before respondent No.7, to the<\/p>\n
effect that the petitioner had relied upon a false\/forged Certificate of<\/p>\n
Scheduled Caste, to become eligible for contesting the seat of Panch,<\/p>\n
reserved for the Scheduled Caste category. It is clear from the stand of the<\/p>\n
respondents that without associating the petitioner, respondent No.7<\/p>\n
conducted an enquiry into the validity of the Scheduled Caste Certificate,<\/p>\n
relied upon by the petitioner, while filing his nomination paper. In the said<\/p>\n
enquiry, the nomination paper of the petitioner was cancelled and the result<\/p>\n
declaring him to be elected was set aside and thereby respondent No.8,<\/p>\n
being the only contestant against the seat of Panch, reserved for the<\/p>\n
Scheduled Caste category, was declared as elected.\n<\/p>\n
             A Division Bench of this Court in Kashmir Kaur v. State of
\n CWP No. 12264 of 2008                                                -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
Punjab, 2003 (2) PLJ 489, has already considered the similar question, as<\/p>\n
involved in the present petition. In that case, after the counting, the<\/p>\n
petitioner therein, who had secured 358 votes, was declared elected and the<\/p>\n
respondent therein, who had secured 243 votes, was declared defeated. The<\/p>\n
result was declared on Form IX and subsequently, the Presiding Officer<\/p>\n
revised the result and declared the respondent in that case as elected. The<\/p>\n
Division Bench, while following a decision of the Supreme Court in Malkit<\/p>\n
Kaur v. Jatinder Kaur and others, (Civil Appeal No. 4926 of 2000,<\/p>\n
decided on 20.11.2001), held that once a person was duly declared elected,<\/p>\n
the Returning Officer\/Presiding Officer did not have any jurisdiction to<\/p>\n
change the result by modifying the earlier declaration of result on Form IX.<\/p>\n
It was held that once a candidate has been declared elected on Form IX,<\/p>\n
then the Returning Officer becomes functus officio and the election can be<\/p>\n
set aside only by the Election Tribunal, on an election petition filed by the<\/p>\n
defeated candidate under Section 76 read with Section 89 of the Punjab<\/p>\n
State Election Commission Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act’).<\/p>\n
In similar situation, this Court in Jasmail Kaur v. Punjab State Election<\/p>\n
Commission and others (CWP No.11199 of 2008, decided on 5.12.2008),<\/p>\n
while following the aforesaid decision, has set aside the subsequent<\/p>\n
revised\/supplementary result, whereby the earlier declaration of result on<\/p>\n
Form IX was set aside\/changed, on the ground that in the event of both the<\/p>\n
candidates having secured equal number of votes, the Presiding Officer<\/p>\n
resorted to declared the result `by way of toss’ instead of prescribing the
\n CWP No. 12264 of 2008                                                  -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
mode of `draw of lots’, as provided under Section 68 of the Act.<\/p>\n
             In view of the aforesaid legal position and the facts of the case,<\/p>\n
this writ petition is hereby allowed. The report of respondent No.7 dated<\/p>\n
9.6.2008 (Annexure R-8\/2) and the notification dated 2.7.2008 (Annexure<\/p>\n
P-7), to the extent of notifying respondent No.8-Anokh Singh as elected<\/p>\n
Panch, are hereby quashed and respondent No.3 is directed to notify the<\/p>\n
name of the petitioner as an elected Panch of Gram Panchayat, Village<\/p>\n
Jastarwal, Block Harsha Chinna, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar, against<\/p>\n
the seat reserved for the Scheduled Caste category. However, it is made<\/p>\n
clear that it will be open for respondent No.8 to challenge the election of the<\/p>\n
petitioner by filing an election petition within 45 days from the date of<\/p>\n
receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case the said election petition is<\/p>\n
filed, the same shall be entertained and decided on merits by the Election<\/p>\n
Tribunal, expeditiously.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n                                               ( JASWANT SINGH )\n                                                     JUDGE\n\n\nDecember 05, 2008                           ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL )\nndj                                                  JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Tarsem Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 5 December, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 12264 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : 05.12.2008 Tarsem Singh …. PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ….. RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON’BLE MR. 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