Gram Panchayat Balongi v. State Of Punjab And ORS

CWP-15701-2025 (O&M) -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP-15701-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 29.05.2025 Gram Panchayat Balongi ....Petitioner

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State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present :

Mr. Surjit Singh Swaich, Advocate for the petitioner.

*** HARSH BUNGER, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India inter alia seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus for directing respondent No.2 to decide the stay application filed by the petitioner along with the Appeal No.4 of 2025 (Annexure P-4) titled as "Gram Panchayat Village Balongi vs. Deputy Commissioner SAS Nagar and another.

2.

Pursuant to the advance copy of petition, having been supplied to the State, Mr. Nirmaljit Singh Diwana, Sr. DAG, Punjab, appears on behalf of the respondent-State and submits that the aforesaid appeal/petition, filed by the petitioner, is pending consideration before the Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab for 03.07.2025. It is further submitted that in all probability the prayer for stay made by the petitioner would be considered by the concerned Officer/Authority on the date fixed i.e. HIMANI GUPTA 2025.05.31 14:17 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document/judgment High Court, Chandigarh

CWP-15701-2025 (O&M) -203.07.2025 and in any case, not beyond a period of four weeks thereafter, after affording due opportunity of hearing to the parties. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner, keeping in view the aforesaid submissions made by learned State counsel, prays that he may be permitted to withdraw the instant writ petition, however, with liberty to the petitioner that in case of urgency, he may be permitted to file an application seeking preponement of date of hearing in the aforementioned appeal/petition. 4.

Learned State counsel does not raise any dispute to the aforesaid course of action being adopted.

5.

Keeping in view the above, the present writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

6.

It goes without saying that in case, the petitioner moves any application for preponement of the date of hearing in the aforesaid petition/appeal, the same would be considered by the concerned Officer/Authority expeditiously.

7.

All the pending application(s), if any, shall also stand closed. 29.05.2025 (HARSH BUNGER) Himani JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No HIMANI GUPTA 2025.05.31 14:17 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document/judgment High Court, Chandigarh