IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17038 of 2009 Date of decision: 16th November, 2009 Satpal … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Shekhar Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer that impugned order dated 23rd September, 2009 (Annexure P-1) passed by Registrar of Marriages-cum- Sub Divisional Magistrate-cum-Tehsildar, Balachaur be quashed. Gurcharan Singh Brar, Registrar of Marriage-cum-Tehsildar, Balachaur, is present in Court. He has tendered his unconditional/ unqualified apology and has submitted that henceforth there will be no lapse on his part in assisting counsel for the State. The apology has been accepted by Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. In these circumstances, this Court intends to proceed with the case. Regarding the relief sought by the petitioner, counsel for the State has submitted that in case married couple appears before the Registrar of Marriage-cum-Tehsildar, Balachaur on 1st December, 2009 at 10.00 a.m., the marriage shall be registered. Civil Writ Petition No. 17038 of 2009 In view of the statement made by counsel for the State, present petition is disposed of. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 16, 2009 rps 2