Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Gaurav Chopra, Senior Advocate with Mr. C.M.Munjal, Advocate, Mr. Akshat Dalal, Advocate, Ms.Sanjana, Advocate,
For the Respondent:Mr. Ferry Sofat, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab, Mr. D.V.Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Manbir Singh, Advocate, Mr. Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Rajesh Bhardwaj, J. -

Prayer in the present petition is for quashing the order dated 30.05.2023 (Annexure P-20) whereby, the petitioner who is the elected President of Municipal Council, Jalalabad has been illegally and arbitrarily removed from the post of President and in complete violation of the provisions of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (for short, 'the Act') as well as the settled law.

2. Adumbrated facts of the case are that the petitioner was firstly elected as Municipal Councilor from Ward No.2 of the Municipal Council, Jalalabad in the month of February, 2021 and thereafter, on 26.04.2021 he was elected as President of Municipal Council, Jalalabad unanimously. A complaint dated 02.06.2022 was filed against the petitioner by respondent No.3 i.e. Jagdeep Kamboj alias Goldy, MLA of Jalalabad Constituency to the Hon'ble Chief Minister. It was alleged in the complaint filed that respectable persons of Vidhan Sabha Constituency, Jalalabad brought to his notice regarding bungling in the development works of the Municipal Council, Jalalabad as basic facilities had not been provided to the general public and request was made to hold an enquiry by the senior officer. On th