Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 622 · Decided 16 December 1994
Karmall Singh and ANR. v. Darshan Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 622 · [1994] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 700
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 42/1995
- Decided
- 16 December 1994
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952~ Sections 3(q), 4 and 5. State-Notification amalgamating two Gram Sabhas-Decision of amalgamation taken with a view to preventing misuse of office by one Sarpanch-Decision held not arbitrary exercise of power by Government. In exercise of its power under Section 4 a Notification dated 18.12.1991 amalgamating two Gram Sabhas namely Bhorakh and Harigarh Gram Sabhas. The State Government took the aforesaid decisions after taking into account the Report of Director of Panchayat that one Sarpanch has mismanaged and misused his ·office by illegally
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