IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 3698 of 2010 Date of decision : 09.08.2011 Shyam Sunder ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Harkesh Manuja, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. RANJIT SINGH J. The deceased father of the petitioner had migrated from village Rind Jada, Tehsil Lodra, District Multan at the time of partition. The petitioner claims that his father was entitled to allotment of 0-4 standard acres of land under Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as an 'Act'). Similarly, his brother was entitled to 0-3 standard acres of land as per the entitlement. The petitioner further claims that due to inadvertent mistake, his father was not allotted any land or residential house by the department. In the year 2005, while searching papers the petitioner came across the old records and found the documents regarding the entitlement of his father. The petitioner then approached the respondent-department and received the information on 14.02.2008 that no allotment had been made in favour of Thakur Dass. No reasons were given for not making this allotment. The petitioner issued legal notice on 09.09.2009 and has, Civil Writ Petition No. 3698 of 2010 -2- thereafter, been approaching the respondents for allotment of land without result. Conceding that the provisions of the Act have been repealed but as per the petitioner, it has been clarified that all unsatisfied verified claims, which have accrued before 06.09.2005 would not be affected by the repeal of the enactment. Accordingly, the petitioner has filed this writ petition to claim allotment of land. The right of the petitioner is not seriously disputed in the reply. Reference, however, is made to provisions of Rule 67-A of the Act framed under the Act where last date was fixed as 31.12.1963 for applying for payment of compensation in any form. It is stated that the petitioner had not made any such application under the Act and now the Act has been repealed. Rather, as per the Haryana Evacuee Properties (Management and Disposal) Act, 2008 amended in the year 2009, no land can be allotted to the displaced person in view of the land abandoned in Pakistan. It is, accordingly, pleaded that the case of the petitioner is hopelessly time barred as he has approached after 62 years of the partition and after more than 36 years of the date of submission of the claim. In view of the delayed approach on the part of the petitioner, I am not inclined to interfere in exercise of writ jurisdiction. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. August 09, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH) rts JUDGE