CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3204 OF 1986 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION : July 30, 2010. Parties Name Sangeeta Kalra and another ...PETITIONERS VERSUS Rajwant Singh and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Deepak Thapar, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. H.N.Mehtani, Advocate, for respondent No. 1. JASBIR SINGH, J. ORDER: After arguing for some time, counsel for the parties are in agreement that let the matter be sent to the Prescribed Authority under the Haryana Ceiling of Land Holdings Act, 1972, (in short the Act) in terms of the orders passed by the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner dated November 30, 1983, and January 15, 1986, respectively. Dispute is regarding entitlement of respondent No. 1 Rajwant Singh to get the land allotted being a tenant under the provisions of the Act. Counsel for the petitioners states that after death of Phool Wati,( the big land owner), in the hands of her heirs, the land was not surplus. Be that as it may, as has been stated by the Financial Commissioner, if this matter is CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3204 OF 1986 -2- looked into afresh, no prejudice will be caused to the parties. In terms of the consensus arrived at between the parties, this writ petition is disposed of and directions are issued to the Prescribed Authority under the Haryana Ceiling of Land Holdings Act, Panipat, to decide the matter afresh after giving opportunity of hearing to both the parties. Parties are directed to appear before the Prescribed Authority on August 31, 2010, and shall produce copy of this order. The officer concerned will pass an order on merits of the case within a period of six weeks thereafter. The officer concerned shall look into entitlement of respondent No. 1 and also give a finding as to whether the land was surplus when application was moved or not. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge July 30, 2010. DKC