IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.7373 of 2011 Date of decision: 16.5.2011 RMBAY -----Petitioners. Vs. The State of Punjab & others. -----Respondents. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. G.R. Sethi, Advocate for the petitioner. --- ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, ACJ. Only prayer which has been pressed in the petition is for expeditious decision of application, Annexure P-10, pending before respondent No.2 Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Patiala and statutory appeal, Annexure P-11, pending before respondent No.3 Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Jalandhar. On the limited prayer, we issue notice to the State of Punjab. Mr. Amol Rattan Singh, Addl.A.G., Punjab, present in Court, accepts notice. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that the prayer which has been pressed has to be granted. We direct respondent No.2 to decide the application of the petitioner Annexure P-10 within one month from the date of C.W.P. No.7373 of 2011 receipt of a copy of this order. We further direct respondent No.3 to decide the appeal, Annexure P-11, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Even though in the petition, challenge has also been made to validity of the Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 and action taken thereunder, learned counsel for the petitioner states that since this issue can be gone into in other writ petitions, this issue is not pressed at this stage. The petition is disposed of. (ADARSH KUMAR GOEL) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE May 16, 2011 (RAJESH BINDAL) ashwani JUDGE 2