Balwinder Singh v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP-3306-2025 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 07.05.2025. Balwinder Singh v. State of Punjab and others. Disposal of writ petition with direction to respondent No.3, District Development and Panchayat Officer, District Ludhiana, to decide representation dated 20.11.2024 (Annexure P-14) by speaking order after opportunity of hearing to all concerned, preferably within one month; decision to be communicated, with liberty to challenge. Keywords: representation undecided; speaking order; opportunity of hearing; one-month timeline; DDPO Ludhiana; panchayat; State of Punjab.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.3 (District Development and Panchayat Officer, District Ludhiana) to take a decision on the petitioner's representation dated 20.11.2024 (Annexure P-14) by passing a speaking order after affording opportunity of hearing to all concerned, preferably within one month from receipt of a copy of the order; the decision to be communicated to the petitioner, who retains liberty to challenge it in accordance with law if not to his satisfaction.