CWP No. 6942 of 2007 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 6942 of 2007 Date of Decision: 14.05.2008 Ramesh Chand and others ... Petitioners through Mr. Puneet Bali, Advocate Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents through Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Addl. A.G. Haryana, Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate, Mrs. Nirmaljit Kaur, Assistant Solicitor General of India. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJENDER JAIN, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ***** Vijender Jain, Chief Justice (Oral) By way of this order, we shall dispose of the Civil Writ Petitions No. 6942, 3720, 4421, 4422, 4425, 4426, 4427, 4428 and 7993 of 2007, as the common questions of facts and law are involved in all these petitions. The writ petition was filed by the petitioners, inter-alia, praying for issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to allot alternative commercial plots to the petitioners under the Vyapar and Vyavsay Kunj Priyojana, Phase-I, Hisar as per the proposal of the CWP No. 6942 of 2007 -2- Improvement Trust, Hisar as approved by the Government whereby it was decided to transfer 17 acre 1 kanal 4 Marla land of the Animal Husbandry Department to the Improvement Trust, Hisar for preparation of a commercial scheme to rehabilitate the old allottees of commercial plots in Vyapar and Vayavsai Kunj Scheme, Phase-I, Hisar. The counsel appearing for Improvement Trust, Hisar says that recommendation for transfer of land which belongs to Animal Husbandry to the Improvement Trust, Hisar for making allotment of the plots to the allottee under the scheme, has already been sent to the Government but the Government has not so far decided the same. As per Mr. Malik, Addl. A.G. Haryana, last meeting by the Government was held on 26.4.2007. We failed to understand that when the matter is within the knowledge of the State of Haryana, as to why the action for transferring the said land as per proposal of the Improvement Trust, Hisar has not been approved by the Government so far. Government should consider that on one hand the commercial activities are not permitted in the residential areas and on the other hand, the authorities are not allotting space or plots in the authorised commercial areas. Non action on the part of Government is leading to a chaotic situation. Therefore, we direct the Chief Secretary to the Government of Haryana to decide the matter in question within a period of eight weeks. However, liberty is granted to the petitioners to approach this Court, if no decision, to allot alternative space is taken by the State Government. With these observations, all the petitions stand disposed of. (VIJENDER JAIN) CHIEF JUSTICE (JASWANT SINGH) 14.05.2008 JUDGE 'ravinder'