IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18284 of 2009 Date of decision: 30th November, 2009 M/s Bhagat Ram Kanhiya Lal and others … Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Raj Mohan Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present writ petition has been filed with a prayer that the old licensees of existing grain market should be given preference in allotment/ auction in the new mandi sought to be established by Market Committee, Jhajjar. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the auction is scheduled to take place tomorrow, i.e. on 1st December, 2009. Taking this into consideration, Mr.Dinesh Kumar Jhangra, who regularly appear for Market Committee, Jhajjar was, in the morning, asked to accept notice and seek instructions from the concerned quarters. Now in the evening, Mr.Jhangra has reverted back to this Court after taking instructions and has made a statement that at moment there is no proposal with the Market Committee to de-notify the old Market Committee. He has further submitted that preference to the old licensees regarding the allotment or in the auction is only granted in case they are to be displaced. In the present petition, no pleadings have been made that the old licensees are going to be displaced or old Market Committee is going to be de-notified. Civil Writ Petition No. 18284 of 2009 Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he be permitted to withdraw the present petition with liberty to file the same afresh with better particulars. As prayed, dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty a prayed for. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 30, 2009 rps 2