Reserved on:- 17/02/2026
Pronounced on:- 13/03/2026
1. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution
of India has been preferred on behalf of the petitioner. It assails
the validity of the order dated 16.06.2025 (Annexure-03) whereby
the petitioner was suspended from the post of Sarpanch of Gram
Panchayat Mokalsar, Panchayat Samiti Suratgarh, District Sri
Ganganagar.
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[2026:RJ-JD:9472] (2 of 12) [CW-12147/2025]
2. Facts as narrated in writ petition are that the petitioner was
elected as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Mokalsar, Panchayat
Samiti Suratgarh, District Sri Ganganagar on 04.10.2020. A
complaint was lodged by one Ganesha Ram before the Anti-
Corruption Bureau alleging that the petitioner demanded illegal
gratification of Rs.10,000/- for sanctioning a residential house
under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Acting on the complaint,
the ACB registered FIR No.129/2025 dated 26.05.2025 at Central
Police Station (ACB), Jaipur for the offence under Section 7 of the
Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. The petitioner
was arrested in connection with the said case and was
subsequently granted bail by the learned Sessions Judge, Special
Court, ACB Cases, Sri Ganganagar.
