BHURPUR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) REPLY filed on behalf of Respondents 1 to 3 is taken on record.

(2.) THE case is posted today for arguments after filing the reply and I proceed, therefore, to dispose of the case finally on the basis of the averments contained in the petition and the statement filed on behalf of the Respondents 1 to 3.

(3.) THE order in challenge is a direction by the BDPO appointing Respondent No. 4 to spend the grants for certain development works secured on behalf of the panchayat under the 12th Finance Commission Scheme. The impugned order has been passed on the ground that the development works had not been undertaken by the Petitioner in his capacity as Sarpanch and consequently, appointing the 4th Respondent as a person competent to expend the said amounts under the purported authority under Section 200(1) of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994. The impugned order reads that a notice had been given to the Petitioner for a meeting on 16.05.2011 to discuss the development projects to be undertaken but he did not appear on that day and all the Panches, who had assembled on that day, had expressed no trust in the Petitioner regarding the development works, since he had not called any meeting regarding the development works nor he had evinced any interest to complete the works with the grants obtained under the scheme.