RAJVINDER KAUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CWP-15193-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 130 CWP-15193-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 15.05.2026 Rajvinder Kaur ....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Prabhdeep Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (Oral) 1 Petition herein is, inter alia, seeking a writ in the nature of Certiorari, for quashing the notice/letter dated 30.04.2026 (Annexure P-2) issued by respondent No.3 – District Development and Panchayat Officer, District Patiala. 2. At this stage, Mr. Nirmaljit Singh Diwana, Sr. DAG, Punjab, appears on behalf of respondent(s)-State, in pursuance of the advance copy of paper book having already been supplied to him and has raised a preliminary objection as regards the maintainability of the writ petition against the notice/letter dated 30.04.2026 (Annexure P-2), by placing reliance on the judgment rendered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case titled as “Special Director and Anr. v. Mohd. Ghulam Ghouse and Anr.”, (2004) 3 SCC 440, wherein it was held that no writ petition is maintainable against the notice. 3. I have heard the learned co