High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/26786/2017disposed of

Naresh Kumar v. Secretary Govt Of Punjab Dept Of Rural Dev And Panchayats Mohali And ORS

2017-11-24Mr. Justice R.P. Nagrath2 pages

Vinod Kumar 2017.11.30 09:32 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP No.26786 of 2017 [ 1 ] ******

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No.26786 of 2017 Date of decision:24.11.2017 Naresh Kumar, Sarpanch

...Petitioner

Versus

Secretary, Government of Punjab and others

...Respondents

Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain

Present:

Mr. Krishan Singh Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

***** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) The petitioner is a Sarpanch who has been put under suspension vide order dated 09.10.2017 against which he has filed the appeal along with an application for stay, which has been declined by the impugned order dated 02.11.2017.

Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has a good case on merits as the allegation against him is only regarding sale of some trees for which the petitioner has already paid an amount of `34,400/-. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, examining the available record and keeping in view the facts and circumstances and especially the fact that the main appeal itself is fixed for 21.12.2017, the present petition is hereby disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to file an application for pre-ponement of the date of hearing in the main appeal from 21.12.2017 to an early date and if such an application is filed along with copy

CWP No.26786 of 2017 [ 2 ] ****** of this order, the same shall be entertained by respondent no.1, pre-pone the date of hearing and shall also decide the main appeal on the pre-poned date. Respondent no.1 is directed to complete the entire exercise within 15 days. November 24, 2017 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) vinod* Judge Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes/No Whether reportable :

Yes/No