HARINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CWP-13712-2026 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 166 CWP-13712-2026 (O&M) Date of decision:04.05.2026 Harinder Singh ..…Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Sherry K. Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (ORAL) Prayer in the instant writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing respondent No.2 to hear and decide the stay application filed by the petitioner alongwith his revision petition bearing No.18/2026 under Section 201 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act 1994 (for short ‘1994 Act’), wherein challenge has been made to orders dated 09.03.2026 and 13.04.2026 (Annexure P-3 and P-4 respectively) passed by learned District Development & Panchayat Officer, Patiala Rural, District Patiala, whereby one Shri Jagwinder Singh, Panchayat Officer has appointed as Administrator in terms of Section 200 of 1994 Act, for Gram Panchayat, Hardaspur. 2. Today, Mr. Harpreet Singh, AAG, Punjab appears on behalf of the respondents-State, in pursuance of the advance copy of the paper-book having a