Four months ago, the Punjab government withdrew its order dissolving all panchayats following a PIL filed in the high court. Two senior officials were suspended for having misled the government about the premature dissolution of panchayats.
Among other things, Talwandi had contended that the gram panchayats were illegally dissolved by exercising power under Section 29A of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.
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Bureaucrats not happy with move, say the two officers could’ve been ‘quietly moved’ out of dept and instead of withdrawing the notification, govt should have fought it out in the high court.
A day after the Punjab Government placed under suspension the services of two senior IAS officers over the controversial decision to dissolve 13,000 panchayats prematurely, the file noting emerged on Friday that unequivocally indicate direct involvement of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and