IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11875 of 2009 Date of Decision: 07.08.2009 Jai Singh and others Petitioners Versus The State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr.Mahavir Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioners ….. Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral) Counsel for the petitioners states that river Yamuna passes through the land of the petitioners. On account of its changing the course, it left behind minerals in the shape of sand, pebbles (Kankar) etc. The government is extracting those minerals, however, nothing has been paid to the petitioners. To claim rights of the petitioners towards 10% amount, so received by the government, reliance has been placed upon provisions of Section 4 of the Haryana Minerals (Vesting of Rights) Act, 1973 (in short the Act). It appears that in the year 2008, the petitioners have made a representation to the Chief Minister Haryana, which is pending undecided. Be that as it may, in view of controversy involved in the present case, liberty is granted to the petitioners, to file a detailed representation before Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Haryana. They may do so within three weeks from today. If it is found that the contention raised by the petitioners, regarding extracting of mines and minerals is correct and further that the land underneath belongs to the petitioners, then appropriate Civil Writ Petition No.11875 of 2009 order be passed, taking note of the provisions Section 4 of the Act. An opportunity of hearing be also provided to the petitioners before passing any order. On receipt of representation, the same be decided within a period of two months thereafter. 07.08.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2