Civil Writ Petition No. 13597 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 13597 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: JULY 26, 2011 Inder Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. Shailender Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. Mr. N.K. Malhotra, Advocate and Mr. Madan Sandhu, Advocate, for respondent No.5. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. Impugned order is passed by the Chief Canal Officer. He has passed the impugned order after hearing the parties and examining the record. The petitioner had impugned the decision of Divisional Canal Officer (D.C.O.) on the ground that Mahender Singh S/o Jage Ram, his co-sharer, had attended the Court of D.C.O. and his prayer that the order was passed without hearing him, was not acceptable. It is observed that water course CDF running at the site as per khaka plan was sanctioned and the length of water Civil Writ Petition No. 13597 of 2009 -2- course would be 3 acres, whereas length of the watercourse AB as demanded was only one acre. The Chief Canal Officer, accordingly, sanctioned the watercourse AB. The counsel for the petitioner has raised the grievance that this has resulted in bifurcation of his land. This submission was never made before any of the authorities concerned and accordingly, has not been considered. If this is the grievance, it would be appropriate for the petitioner to move an appropriate application before the D.C.O./Chief Canal Officer to consider this aspect. The petitioner cannot be permitted to raise this plea for the first time before this Court. If the petitioner choses to file any application for seeking review of the order on this ground, the same may be considered and dealt with accordingly. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. July 26, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH) monika JUDGE