PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH. *** CWP No. 11180 of 2009. Date of Decision: September 08, 2009. *** Bachan Lal and others Versus State of Haryana and others. *** CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice T.S.Thakur, Chief Justice and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia. *** Present: Shri Baldev Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri Randhir Singh, Addl: A.G.Haryana, for respondents No. 1 to 5. Shri Sudhir Kumar, Advocate, for Shri Narender Hooda, Advocate, for respondent State. Shri Arun Walia, Advocate, with Shri Dinesh Nagar, Advocate, for HSPCB. *** T.S.Thakur, CJ (Oral) Mr. Randhir Singh has today filed two affidavits, one sworn by Sarabjit Singh, Chief Conservator of Forests and the other by Shri D.R.Ramesh Singh, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Haryana, Panchkula. From the reading of the affidavits it is evident that part of the mining activities referred to in the writ petition were, on a proper demarcation of the area, found to have been carried out in an area which was protected against any such operations under Sections 4 and 5 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900. We are told by Mr. Randhir Singh and the Station House Officer of Police Station, Naraingarh that investigation in FIR No. 152 dated 17.08.2009 is in progress against those found to be indulging in illegal mining activities. It is further submitted by learned counsel for the parties that in the light of the comprehensive directions issued by this Court in case Vijay Bansal Versus State of Haryana and others CWP No. 20134 of 2004 disposed off on 15.05.2009 -2- and further directions and modifications issued by this Court in CM Nos. 12170 and 13502 of 2009 on 4.09.2009, the present writ petition can also be disposed off in terms of the said directions. In the circumstances, we dispose off this writ petition in terms of the directions issued in the afore mentioned orders passed by this Court. We further direct that investigation of FIR No. 152 dated August 17, 2009 shall be expedited and the entire process taken to its logical conclusion. We have also perused the inquiry file produced by the Station House Officer of Police Station, Naraingarh and referred to by us in our order dated 3.9.2009. For the present we do not, in the present proceedings propose to express any opinion about the approach adopted by the SHO in the matter of registration of the FIR. All that we need say is that the SHO shall remain careful in future and ensure that appropriate action is taken against any one indulging in illegal mining immediately on receipt of report from the mining department or the Forest Department. The parties are left to bear their own costs. The inquiry file is returned to the SHO concerned. (T.S.Thakur) Chief Justice September 08, 2009 (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Malik Judge