BUTTA SINGH SARPANCH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CWP-13431-2026 (O/M) -1- 2026:PHHC:067775 129 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-13431-2026 (O/M) Date of decision : 01.05.2026 Butta Singh Sarpanch (under suspension) ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present :- Mr. N.P.S. Mann, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Navneet Singh, Additional A.G. Punjab. -.- -.- HARSH BUNGER, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in this civil writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of Constitution of India, inter alia, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for setting aside order dated 27.11.2025 (Annexure P-12), passed by learned Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab (in short 'Director, Rural Development and Panchayats'); whereby petitioner has been suspended from the post of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Laleana, Block Talwandi Sabo, District Bathinda. 1.1 A further prayer has been made for setting aside order dated 12.03.2026 (Annexure P-14), passed by learned Administrative Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab (in short 'Administrative Secretary'); whereby an appeal filed by petitioner against