Civil Writ Petition No. 20200 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 20200 of 2010 Date of Decision: 25.3.2011 Narinder Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE. HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. Whether to be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. S.S. Salar, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.Madhu Dayal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 3 and 5. Mr. Ashish Verma, Advocate for respondent No.4. Mr. Baljinder Singh, Advocate for respondents No.6 and 8. Mr. Rajinder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.7. Ranjan Gogoi, C.J. (Oral) The prayer in the PIL is for closure of a Marriage Palace doing business in the name and style of Anmol Marriage Palace now Jagjit Marriage Palace. The affidavit dated 21.3.2011 filed by the Deputy Commissioner, Patiala, indicates that by order dated 18.3.2011 the Civil Writ Petition No. 20200 of 2010 2 Marriage Palace in question has been closed down on account of the failure of the owners thereof to fulfill the conditions mentioned in the documents enclosed as Annexures P9 and P13 to the writ petition. Learned counsel for the respondents who are the owners of the Marriage Palace in question has submitted that their representation/application for grant of No Objection Certificate is pending; the closure order has been passed illegally and at the behest of the PIL petitioner and furthermore that he is ready and willing to tender payment of all amounts that would be legitimately due on account of change of land user. As in the present PIL an order for closure has been sought the Court cannot go into the validity of the closure order which has been made in the meantime by order dated 18.3.2011. The persons affected i.e. respondents No.6 and 8 will be entitled to seek their remedies against the order of closure in accordance with law by urging the pleas recorded in this order and such other pleas that may be available. We, therefore, close this PIL with liberty to the respondents to take recourse to all such remedies as may be open to them in law and on all such grounds as may be available. This will dispose of the PIL. (Ranjan Gogoi) Chief Justice (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge March 25, 2011 “DK”