1995

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JUNE 16, 2023 (JYST 26, 1945 SAKA)

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CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 (JYAISTHA 26, 1945SAKA)

( 1995 )

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gzukfJs, wwd'N tZb'A fwshL 26H4H2023 B{z eotkJh rJh ;g?;b whfNzr dh ekotkJh ;oeko B{z G/ih rJh.

fi; nB[;ko Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N d/ e[Zb 14 e";boK ftu'A 11 w?ApoK (10 e"A;bo ns/ 1 n?wHn?bHJ/H;fjpkB)

tZb'A Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N d/ fybkc p/^Go';rh dk wsk gk; eoe/ ;oeko B{z

nrb/oh ekotkJh bJh G/fink frnk. fi; B{z ftukoB s'A pknd Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs,

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frnk.

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B{z G/fink i' fe fwsh 06H06H2023 Bz{ gqkgs j'fJnk j?. fdZs/ rJ/ itkp ftu Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV, gqXkB

tb'A w[Zy s'o s/ gzikp fwT{;gb n?eN dh Xkok 28 dk jtkbk d/ e/ fJ; Xkok dh g{oB s'o s/ gkbDk Bk j'D dk

fJsoki ikjo ehsk ns/ ;gPNheoB b?D dh ekotkJh n;b j'D dk jtkbk d/ e/ fBZih ;[DtkJh bJh p/Bsh

ehsh rJh.

fit/A fe gzikp fwT{;gb n?eN, 1911 dh Xkok 22 ftZu Bro e"A;b$Bro gzukfJs d/ u[ZD/ rJ/ gqXkB

B{z jNkT[D dk T[gpzX j? i' fe j/m fby/ nB[;ko j? L^

Resignation [or removal] of President and Vice-President.- Whenever a President or Vice-

President vacates his seat or tenders in writing to the committee his resignation of his office,

he shall vacate his office; and any president or vice-president may be removed from office by

1996

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JUNE 16, 2023 (JYST 26, 1945 SAKA)

the [State] Government on the ground of abuse of his powers of or habitual failure to perform

his duties or in pursuance of a resolution requesting his removal passed by two-thirds of the

members of the committee :

Provided that if a resolution requesting the removal of the President or the Vice-President

is passed by two-thirds of the members of the committee the President or, as the case may be

the Vice- President shall be deemed to be under suspension immediately after such resolution

is passed] :

Provided further that before the [State] Government notifies his removal, the reason for

his proposed removal shall be communicated to him by means of a registered letter in which he

shall be [called upon] to tender within twenty-one days an explanation in writing and if no

such explanation is received in the office of the appropriate Secretary to Government] within

twenty one days of the despatch of the said registered letter, the [State] Government may

proceed to notify his removal.

T[go'es s'A fJj ;g;N j? fe fe;/ th Bro e"A;b$Bro gzukfJs d/ gqXkB B{z jNkT[D bJh Bro

gzukfJs d/ w?ApoK tZb'A 2$3 wZs Bkb wsk gk; eoBk j[zdk j? . Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N ftZu 13 e"A;bo ns/ 1

n?wHn?bHJ/ (n?e; nkchf;T[) e[Zb 14 w?Apo j?. fi; nB[;ko Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N ftZu gqXkB B[z{ jNkT[D

bJh 2$3 wZs nB[;ko xZN'A xZN 10 w?ApoK tb'A wsk gqtkB eoBk j[zdk j?. w'i{dk e/; ftu 10 e";bo ns/ 1

n?wHn?bHJ/ tZb'A wsk gqtkB ehsk frnk j?.fi; nB[;ko Xkok 22 dh gqshg{osh ehsh rJh j?.

fit/A fe Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N tZb'A nkgD/ itkp okjh fJsoki ehsk

frnk j? fe gzikp fwT[{;gb n?eN, 1911 dh Xkok 28 nB[;ko p/ Go';rh dh whfNzr d/ ftZu w?ApoK tZb'A fe;/

th w?Apo B{z whfNzr dk ;Gkgsh Bjh pDkfJnk ns/ fJj wsk Xkok 28 dh ekoiftZXh B{z nDd/yk eod/ j'J/ gk;

ehsk frnk j?.gzikp fwT{;gb n?eN,1911 dh Xkok 28 ftu j/m fby/ nB[;ko T[gpzX ehsk frnk j? L^

Chairman of meeting.- At every meeting of a committee the President, if present, or, in his

absence or during the vacancy of office, or during his suspension under Section 22 the senior

Vice- President present, and if there be no President or Vice-President present, then such one of

their number other than an associate member] as the members present may elect shall preside

as chairman.

T[go'es Xkok s'A ;g;N j? fe nkw s'o s/ Bro gzukfJs dh whfNzr dh gqXkBrh Bro gzukfJs

d/ gqXkB tZb'A eoBh j[zdh j? ns/ T[;dh r?ojkioh ftZu whfNzr whs gqXkB tZb'A eoBh j[zdh j? ns/ i/eo e'Jh

th gqXkB ik whs gqXkB Bk j't/ sK whfNzr dh gqXkBrh w?ApoK tb' u[D/ rJ/ whfNzr d/ ;Gkgsh tZb'A eoBh j[zdh

j?. gozs{ fJ; Xkok ftu fJj fbfynk frnk j? fe "if there be no President or Vice-President present, then

such one of their number other than an associate member] as the members present may elect shall

preside as chairman." fi; nB[;ko fJZe w?Apo tZb'A whfNzr dh gqXkBrh eoBh T[; ;fEsh ftu bkiwh j[zdh

j? i/eo w?Apok tb' whfNzr dk ;Gkgsh u[BD dk c?;bk fbnk j't/ feT[fe fJ; ;pzXh Xkok ftu may ;pd dh

tos'A ehsh rJh j? Bk fe shall dh. fJ; ;fEsh Bkb fwbdh i[bdh ;fEsh fi; ftu Xkok 28 B{z g{oh soQK

gkbB Bk j'D ;pzXh wkB:'r gzikp ns/ jfonkDk jkJh e'oN tb' n?bHghHJ/ BzL 392 nkc 2012 fti/ e[wko

;zd'jk pBkw gzikp oki ns/ j'o ftu th j/m fby/ nB[;ko j[ew gk; ehs/ rJ/ jB (;pzXs Gkr ) L^

1997

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JUNE 16, 2023 (JYST 26, 1945 SAKA)

"Before the learned Single Judge, the appellant made three submissions. Firstly, the Executive Officer

of the Municipal Council, who was in-charge of conducting the meeting, did not postpone the meeting,

particularly when request of the appellant to postpone the meeting due to his ill health was accepted

by the Deputy Commissioner and the same was communicated to the Executive Officer of the Municipal

Council. Secondly, in absence of the President of the Municipal Council, the meeting was to

be presided over by the Vice President, as required by the provisions of the Punjab Municipal

Act, 1911 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'), who was present in the meeting, but the

meeting was presided over by Harbans Kaur. Therefore, the entire proceedings of the said

meeting stood vitiated. Thirdly, the requisite two-third majority for passing `No Confidence Motion'

was not complete, as one of the Municipal Councilor, namely Rani Bansal, who voted in favour of the

`No Confidence Motion' had already been disqualified.

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Before this Court, learned counsel for the appellant insisted on the last two submissions. As far as the

second submission is concerned, Section 28 of the Act deals with the procedure of chairing the

meeting of a Municipal Committee. It provides that every meeting of a committee shall be presided

over by the President, if he is present. In absence of the President, or if the office of the President is

vacant, or the President has been suspended under section 22, the Senior Vice-President shall preside

over the meeting. If there is no President or the Vice-President present, or they are under suspension

under section 22, then one of the members of the committee, who has been elected by the members

present in the meeting, shall preside as Chairman. Provisions of section 28 of the Act only prescribe

the procedure and do not prescribe for mandatory requirement. In the present case, undisputedly,

all the members present in the meeting unanimously elected Smt. Harbans Kaur, Municipal Councilor,

as Chairman to preside over the meeting. The contention of the appellant that the Vice-President was

also present in the meeting and, therefore, it was not legal for the members to elect one of the

members of the Municipal Council to preside over the meeting, has no force. It is not the case of the

appellant that the Vice-President had insisted to preside over the meeting. He may not be interested

to preside over that stormy meeting. But in our opinion, even if majority of the members elected one

of the members to preside over that special meeting, that itself would not render the proceedings

conducted in the said meeting as illegal on that count. It is also admitted position that in the written

statement filed by the Vice-President, namely Harjinder Singh (respondent No.7), he did not aver

that he was not allowed to preside over the meeting or that he was interested to preside over the

meeting. In the written statement, he supported the fact that the `No Confidence Motion' was rightly

passed against the appellant by two-third of the members of the Municipal Council. The requirement

of Section 22 of the Act is only that a President may be removed from his office in pursuance

of a resolution requesting his removal passed by two-third of the members of the committee."

T[go'es j[ewK ftZu wkB:'r gzikp ns/ jfonkDk jkJhe'oN d/ vthiB p?Au tZb'A ;g;N ehsk frnk j?

fe Xkok 28 gqXkB B{z jNkT[D bJh mandatory requirement BjhA j? ns/ fJ; Xkok ftu f;oc ekoiftZXh

;pzXh fbfynk frnk j? ns/ fJ; e/; ftu wkB:'r jkJhe'oN tZb'A Xkok 22 dh gkbDk B{z w[Zy s'o s/ d/fynk frnk

1998

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JUNE 16, 2023 (JYST 26, 1945 SAKA)

ns/ Xkok 22 nB[;ko gqXkB B{z Bro e';b d/ d' fsjkJh w?ApoK tZb'A wsk gk; eoB ekoB fJ; B{z ekB{zBh s'o

s/ ;jh x'fPs ehsk frnk j?.

fit/A fe Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N tZb'A whfNzr bJh eBthBo bkT[D B{z

BikfJi do;kfJnk frnk j?.fJ; ;pzXh T[; tZb'A e'Jh th nfijh ;fEsh BjhA dZ;h rJh fi; Bkb eBthBo

bkT[D Bkb p/ Go';rh d/ ws/ s/ fe;/ soQK dk gqGkt g?Adk j't/ iK Xkok 22 fe;/ th soQK g{osh Bk j[zdh j't/.

p/ Go';rh d/ ws/ ftZu d' fsjkJh w?ApoK tZb'A wsk gk; eoB dh io{os j[zdh j? fi; dk gkbB ehsk j'fJnk j?.

fit/A fe Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N tZb'A nkgD/ itkp ftu fBZih ;[DtkJh

dh wzr ehsh j?, fJ; ;pzXh dZf;nk iKdk j? fe gzikp fwT{;gb n?eN, 1911 dh Xkok 22 ftZu ehsk frnk

T[gpzX j/m fby/ nB[;ko j? L^

"Provided further that before the [State] Government notifies his removal, the reason

for his proposed removal shall be communicated to him by means of a registered letter in

which he shall be [called upon] to tender within twenty-one days an explanation in writing

and if no such explanation is received in the office of the appropriate Secretary to Government]

within twenty one days of the despatch of the said registered letter, the [State] Government

may proceed to notify his removal."

fJ; T[gpzX s'A ;gPN j? fe gqXkB B{z jNkT[D s'A gfjbK T[; s'A fbysh s'o s/ ;gPNheoB b?Dk j[zdk

j? ns/ n?eN ftZu gqXkB B{z jNkT[D s' gfjbK fBZih ;[DtkJh d/D dh e'Jh ftt;Ek Bjh j?. fJ; s'A fJbktk fJj

th ;g;N ehsk iKdk j? fe w'i{dk ekotkJh gqXkB d/ fybkc fe;/ soQK d/ ezw ;pzXh, nfXekoK dh d[otos'A

Bkb ;pzXs Bjh j? pbfe fJ; ;w/A ;oeko tZb'A f;oc fJj x'yDk j[zdk j? fe eh gqXkB B{z d' fsjkJh wZs Bkb

jNkfJnk ik fojk j? iK pj[wZs g{ok BjhA j? ns/ i/eo pj[wZs g{ok j[zdk j? sK ;oeko B{z j'o x'yD dh io[{os

BjhA j[zdh j?. fiE'A sZe gqXkB ƒ whfNzr oZyD ;pzXh foe{rBhPB G/iD dk ;pzX j?, fJ; ;pzXh ekƒB nB[;ko

ekotkJh th ehsh rJh j?.

T[go'es do;kJh rJh ;fEsh ns/ ;z:[es fvgNh vkfJo?eNo (ioBb), fco'ig[o tZb'A G/ih rJh

fog'oN ns/ Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N tZb'A fdZs/ itkp x'yD s'A pknd Pqh ;[yftzdo

f;zx t?oV gqXkB, Bro gzukfJs, wwd'N d/ fto[ZX gzikp fwT[A;gb n?eN 1911 dh Xkok 22 nXhB ikoh ehs/

rJ/ P' eki B'fN; fwsh 18H05H2023 ftu brkJ/ rJ/ d'; ns/ wsk s'A fsjkJh pj[ws Bkb gk; j'Dk ;kps j[zdk

j?. fJ; bJh gzikp d/ okigkb tZb'A gzikp fwT[A;gb n?eN 1911 dh Xkok 22 ftu fdZshnK ;aeshnK dh tos'

eod/ j'J/ Pqh ;[yftzdo f;zx t?oV B{z Bro e"A;b, wwd'N d/ gqXkBrh nj[Zd/ s'A ckor ehsk iKdk j?.

fJj j[ew ;woZE nfXekoh ;EkBe ;oekok wzsoh ih dh gqtkBrh$j[ewK nB[;ko ikoh ehs/ iKd/ jB.

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