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Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Smt.Gurinder Kaur vs State Of Punjab And Others on 18 November, 2008<\/div>\n
      C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008                               -1-\n\n            IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                          AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                        C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008\n\n                        DATE OF DECISION: NOVEMBER 18, 2008\n\n\nSmt.Gurinder Kaur\n                                                       .....PETITIONER\n                              Versus\n\nState of Punjab and others\n                                                      ....RESPONDENTS\n\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 3.\n\n            Mr.Veneet Sehgal, Advocate,\n            for respondent No.4.\n\n            Mr.Harsh Bunger, Advocate,\n            for respondent No.5.\n                   ..\n\nSATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J.\n<\/pre>\n
            The petitioner, who claims that she was elected as Sarpanch of<\/p>\n
Gram Panchayat of Village Awan, District Amritsar held on 23.7.2008, has<\/p>\n
filed this petition for setting aside the proceedings of the meeting<\/p>\n
subsequently held on 28.7.2008 (Annexure P7), in which respondent No.5<\/p>\n
has been elected as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.\n<\/p>\n
            In the present case, Gram Panchayat of Village Awan consists<\/p>\n
of nine members. All the nine members were elected in the election of the<\/p>\n
Panchayat held on 26.5.2008. After the election, the names of the elected
\n       C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008                                      -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
Panches were notified under Section 13(1) of the Punjab Panchayati Raj<\/p>\n
Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act’) vide notification dated<\/p>\n
4.6.2008. Thereafter, under Section 13A of the Act, Deputy Commissioner,<\/p>\n
Amritsar authorized one Ravinder Singh, J.E. as Presiding officer to<\/p>\n
convene the meeting of the newly elected Panches and to conduct the<\/p>\n
election of Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.\n<\/p>\n
             It is the case of the petitioner that the first meeting of the Gram<\/p>\n
Panchayat was convened on 18.7.2008, which was only attended by five<\/p>\n
Panches out of nine, but due to lack of quorum as required in sub-rule (2) of<\/p>\n
Rule 45 of the Punjab Panchayat Election Rules, 1994, as amended up to<\/p>\n
2008, the said meeting was adjourned. Thereafter, the next meeting was<\/p>\n
adjourned for 22.7.2008. It is alleged that on that date also the meeting was<\/p>\n
again adjourned for 23.7.2008. It is further the case of the petitioner that on<\/p>\n
23.7.2008 the meeting was held in the office of SDM, Ajnala at 4.00 in<\/p>\n
presence of Shri Ravinder Singh, Presiding Officer, in which four Panches<\/p>\n
came present and they unanimously elected the petitioner as Sarpanch of the<\/p>\n
Gram Panchayat. It is also the case of the petitioner that after her election as<\/p>\n
Sarpanch, the petitioner was duly declared elected as Sarpanch and her<\/p>\n
name was sent by the Presiding Officer to the Returning Officer for<\/p>\n
notifying her name in the notification.\n<\/p>\n
             It is further the case of the petitioner that in spite of the fact that<\/p>\n
the petitioner was elected as Sarpanch in the meeting of the Members,<\/p>\n
Panchayat held on 23.7.2008, the Deputy Commissioner authorized one<\/p>\n
Bikramjit Singh, Presiding Officer, to convene a fresh meeting for<\/p>\n
conducting the election of Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat. Consequently,<\/p>\n
a meeting was convened by Bikramjit Singh on 28.7.2008. It is the case of
\n       C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008                                -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
the petitioner that no notice of the said meeting was given to the petitioner<\/p>\n
and other Panches of her group. Therefore, the said meeting was attended by<\/p>\n
only five Panches in which Gurcharanjit Singh (respondent No.5) has been<\/p>\n
elected as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat. Faced with this situation, the<\/p>\n
petitioner has filed the instant petition for quashing the resolution dated<\/p>\n
28.7.2008 with a direction to the respondents to notify the name of the<\/p>\n
petitioner as elected Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.\n<\/p>\n
            Separate written statements have been filed on behalf of<\/p>\n
respondents No.1 & 3, 4 and 5. It is mentioned here that though Shri<\/p>\n
Bikramjit Singh, who conducted the meeting on 28.7.2008, has been<\/p>\n
impleaded as respondent No.4, but the petitioner consciously has not<\/p>\n
impleaded Shri Ravinder Singh as a respondent, who conducted the meeting<\/p>\n
held on 23.7.2008. In the written statement filed by way of counter affidavit<\/p>\n
of Kahan Singh Pannu, Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar on behalf of<\/p>\n
respondents No.1 & 3, it has been stated that Shri Ravinder Singh was<\/p>\n
appointed as Presiding Officer and Shri Jasbir Singh, Estate Officer, PUDA,<\/p>\n
Amritsar was appointed as Observer for the election of Sarpanch of Gram<\/p>\n
Panchayat, Awan. It is further stated that Shri Ravinder Singh, Presiding<\/p>\n
Officer informed the Observer on telephone on 23.7.2008 that the meeting<\/p>\n
for election of Sarpanch was fixed for 25.7.2008 at the office of SDM,<\/p>\n
Ajnala. On 25.7.2008, five elected Panches and Observer attended the<\/p>\n
meeting, but Ravinder Singh, JE did not come present because he had<\/p>\n
proceeded on medical leave from 24.7.2008 to 27.7.2008. Keeping in view<\/p>\n
his medical leave, Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Ajnala vide<\/p>\n
letter dated 25.7.2008 sent proposal for appointment of another officer as<\/p>\n
Presiding officer in place of Shri Ravinder Singh. On the basis of the said
\n       C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008                                -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
letter, Deputy Commissioner appointed Shri Bikramjit Singh, respondent<\/p>\n
No.4 as Presiding Officer and authorized him to hold the election for the<\/p>\n
office of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Awan. It is further stated that in view<\/p>\n
of the said authorization and permission, Bikramjit Singh fixed the meeting<\/p>\n
of the Gram Panchayat on 28.7.2008 for the election of Sarpanch. Notice of<\/p>\n
this meeting was duly served to all the Panches, including the petitioner.<\/p>\n
However, the petitioner refused to accept the said notice and she and her<\/p>\n
group did not attend the meeting in spite of having notice. In pursuance of<\/p>\n
the notice, the meeting was held on 28.7.2008 under the supervision of<\/p>\n
Election Observer Shri Jasbir Singh, which was attended by five out of nine<\/p>\n
members, wherein Gurcharanjit Singh-respondent No.5 was elected as<\/p>\n
Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.\n<\/p>\n
            In the reply filed by Shri Bikramjit Singh, Presiding Officer<\/p>\n
(respondent No.4), it has been categorically stated that in view of the<\/p>\n
authorization to conduct the meeting and to hold the election of Sarpanch,<\/p>\n
he convened the meeting of the Panches of the Gram Panchayat on<\/p>\n
28.7.2008. Notice of the said meeting was served to all the Panches.<\/p>\n
However, out of nine, only five Panches had attended the meeting in which<\/p>\n
Gurcharanjit Singh-respondent No.5 was duly elected as Sarpanch of the<\/p>\n
Gram Panchayat. He has placed on record a copy of the letter dated<\/p>\n
25.7.2008   written   by   the    District   Electoral   Officer-cum-Deputy<\/p>\n
Commissioner, Amritsar authorizing him to conduct the meeting in which it<\/p>\n
has been clearly mentioned that he was deputed in place of Shri Ravinder<\/p>\n
Singh to conduct the election of Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat. He has<\/p>\n
also placed on record a copy of the proceedings of the meeting held on<\/p>\n
28.7.2008. It has been further stated by him that after the election of
\n       C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008                                  -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
respondent No.5, his name was sent to the District Electoral Officer-cum-<\/p>\n
Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar for notifying his name. He has also<\/p>\n
annexed a copy of the report submitted by the Observer to the District<\/p>\n
Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar as Annexure R-4\/6.<\/p>\n
It is further stated that thereafter the name of respondent No.5 has been<\/p>\n
notified as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat, a copy of which has also been<\/p>\n
annexed as Annexure R-4\/7.\n<\/p>\n
            Respondent No.5-the elected Sarpanch has also filed the<\/p>\n
written statement on the same lines.\n<\/p>\n
            We have heard the counsel for the parties.\n<\/p>\n
            The dispute in this petition is whether Ravinder Singh, earlier<\/p>\n
Presiding Officer, had conducted any meeting on 23.7.2008 and in the said<\/p>\n
meeting the petitioner was elected as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat. The<\/p>\n
respondents have strongly denied that any such meeting was held on<\/p>\n
23.7.2008 in which the petitioner was elected as Sarpanch. It is the case of<\/p>\n
the respondents, as stated in the written statement filed by the Deputy<\/p>\n
Commissioner, that after the appointment of Bikramjit Singh as the new<\/p>\n
Presiding Officer to hold the election of Gram Panchayat of Village Awan,<\/p>\n
Shri Ravinder Singh, the previous Presiding Officer sent Form No.XI<\/p>\n
declaring the petitioner as elected Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat, though<\/p>\n
no meeting was held by him on 23.7.2008 as he himself had telephonically<\/p>\n
informed Shri Jasbir Singh, Election Observer that the meeting was fixed<\/p>\n
for 25.7.2008, and since Shri Ravinder Singh had taken the medical leave,<\/p>\n
under those circumstances, a new Presiding Officer was appointed. One fact<\/p>\n
is clear, which is also not disputed by the counsel for the petitioner that the<\/p>\n
alleged meeting held on 23.7.2008 was not conducted in presence of the
\n       C.W.P. No. 13710 of 2008                               -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
Election Observer. The proceedings of the said meeting were also not<\/p>\n
written by the Panchayat Secretary. The petitioner consciously has not<\/p>\n
impleaded Ravinder Singh, the earlier Presiding Officer, therefore, prima-<\/p>\n
facie there is no material on the record except the alleged statement of the<\/p>\n
petitioner in the writ petition that she was declared elected as Sarpanch in<\/p>\n
the meeting held on 23.7.2008. On the other hand, various documents<\/p>\n
annexed by the respondents, prima-facie establish that Shri Bikramjit Singh<\/p>\n
was duly appointed as Presiding Officer in place of Ravinder Singh, and<\/p>\n
thereafter, the meeting was duly conducted on 28.7.2008 which was<\/p>\n
attended by five out of nine Panches. Therefore, the election of respondent<\/p>\n
No.5, which was duly held on 28.7.2008, has already been notified. In view<\/p>\n
of these facts, we do not find any ground to set aside the election<\/p>\n
proceedings held on 28.7.2008 in which Gurcharanjit Singh-respondent<\/p>\n
No.5 was declared elected as Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat and whose<\/p>\n
name has also been notified.\n<\/p>\n
            Dismissed.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n                                      (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL)\n                                               JUDGE\n\n\n\nNovember 18, 2008                        ( JASWANT SINGH )\nvkg                                            JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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No. 13710 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: NOVEMBER 18, 2008 Smt.Gurinder Kaur …..PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ….RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSmt.Gurinder Kaur vs State Of Punjab And Others on 18 November, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-gurinder-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-18-november-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smt.Gurinder Kaur vs State Of Punjab And Others on 18 November, 2008 - 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