O.Chinnappa Reddy, J.

1. In this application for the issue of the writ, an order of the Director of Panchayats, Haryana, revoking the order of suspension of a Panch of a Gram Panchayat from his office is questioned. The petitioner claims that it was on his complaint in regard to the irregularities committed by the said Panch as a depot-holder of the village for the supply of ration sugar, etc. that the latter was suspended. According to him the Director of Panchayats should not have revoked the order of suspension without issuing a notice to him and hearing him. He claims that there was a violation of the principles of natural justice. In support of his argument that notice was necessary to the petitioners, the learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon the decision of a learned Single Judge of this Court in Gram Panchayat, Kamalpur v. Deputy Commissioner, District Jind, 1968 (LXX) Punjab Law Reporter 403. In that case the learned Judge had held that where a Sarpanch was suspended for encroaching upon shamilat land, etc., the order of the Deputy Commissioner reinstating him in office without affording the Panchayat an opportunity of being heard was illegal. We are unabl