MOHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner-Mohan Singh along with Iqbal Singh and Gurnam Singh, respondents No. 7 and 8, all residents of village Ghaloti, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozepure, contested the election of Sarpanch in which Iqbal Singh was declared as Sarpanch of village Ghaloti.

(2.) Aggrieved against the declaration of said Iqbal Singh as Sarpanch, the petitioner filed this writ petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, seeking a direction to respondents No. 1 to 5 to declare him as Sarpanch of village Ghaloti as he had secured maximum number of votes.

(3.) It is the further case of the petitioner that the Presiding officer did not declare the result on the same day and as per the petitioner's knowledge, the result of the election of the Sarpanch had not been declared.