CWP No. 7725 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 7725 of 2009 Date of decision: 26th February, 2010 H.C.Arora .......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ........Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mukul Mudgal, Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jasbir Singh. Present: Mr. H.C.Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Addl.A.G.,Punjab, for the State of Punjab. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Mukul Mudgal, the Chief Justice, J.(Oral) An affidavit filed on behalf of the State of Punjab, in the Court today, is taken on record. The relevant part of the same reads as follows:- “1) That a meeting has been held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Government of Punjab regarding accommodating all the Tribunals functional pertaining to the State of Punjab in a single complex at Chandigarh or Mohali and it has been decided that Greater Mohali Development Authority will allot a suitable one acre land for the said purpose. It has also been decided that Finance Department will CWP No. 7725 of 2009 -2- allocate Rs. 5 crore for the purchase of land. The construction of the building would be completed within one year. A D.O. Letter dated 24.2.2010 has been written by Chief Secretary to Department of Housing and Urban Development and Public Works Department(B&R) to expedite the matter. 2) That the government has allocated Rs.52 lakhs for salary and miscellaneous charges of tribunal in revised estimates for the financial year 2009-10. 3) That a Toyota Corolla and Honda City car has been purchased for Chairman and Member of tribunal respectively.” It has already been stated by the learned State counsel that the requisite staff shall be provided within a period of six weeks from today. Since the grievances raised in the writ petition have been readdressed by way of affidavit. We dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the learned State counsel to fix the emoluments of the officials, as per the sanction of the Government not later than four weeks from today. Accordingly, this petition stands disposed of. [MUKUL MUDGAL] CHIEF JUSTICE [JASBIR SINGH] JUDGE 26th February, 2010 Shivani Kaushik