IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P NO. 1993 OF 2009 DECIDED ON : 06.02.2009 Anil Kumar ...Petitioner versus Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. S. S. Nara, Advocate, for the petitioner. SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks a mandamus for directing the respondents to extend the benefit of loan waiver to him and other similarly situated farmers in terms of the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 (a copy of which has been appended as Annxure P-1). The above mentioned Scheme has been announced by the Union of India through the Ministry of Finance. The petitioner's grievance is that notwithstanding the benefit of loan waiver admissible to all the marginal/ small/ land less farmers like him, the Co-operative Banks in the State of Haryana are not implementing the said Scheme, thereby discriminating the petitioner and other similarly situated farmers. The petitioner is said to have served upon the respondents a legal notice dated 26.07.2008, but has got no response thereto. C.W.P NO. 1993 OF 2009 -2- Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner at some length and keeping in view the fact that the controversy raised herein in pertains to a policy matter which normally falls within the domain of the Executive, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondents No.2 and 3 to consider the petitioner's grievance, as contained in the above mentioned legal notice and dispose of the same in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. FEBRUARY 06, 2009 (SURYA KANT) shalini JUDGE