CWP No. 19869 of 2008. *** Harpal Singh Versus State of Punjab etc. *** Present: Shri Parveen Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** Issue notice of motion to respondent No.4 only in the first instance. Shri Amol Rattan Singh, Addl: A.G. Punjab accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.4. With consent, the petition has been heard for final disposal. The petitioner prays for a mandamus directing respondents No. 1 to 4 to pass appropriate orders on the representations filed by him and other inhabitants of Villages Haveli and Ladhewal Tehsil Garh Shankar, in the District of Hoshiarpur, complaining against encroachments over Gram Panchayat land in connivance with respondent No.5, Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat, concerned. The petitioner's grievance now is that although the representation, a copy whereof has been annexed as Annexure P-5 to the writ petition, was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur as early as on 3.1.2008, the latter has not taken any cognizance nor passed any orders on the same. A mandamus directing the Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur to do the needful has, therefore, become essential, according to the petitioner. Mr. Amol Rattan Singh, counsel appearing for the State of Punjab, submits that the Deputy Commissioner should have no difficulty in considering and disposing of the representation by a reasoned order, if the same has not already been disposed of. He submits that given two months time the Deputy Commissioner shall intimate to the petitioner the fate of representation filed by him and other villages of the villages mentioned above. In the circumstances, therefore, and keeping in view the limited prayer made in the writ petition, we dispose of the same with the -2- CWP No. 19869 of 2008. direction that the Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur shall examine the representations received from the petitioner and other villagers of villages Haveli and Ladhewal, Tehsil Garh Shankar, District Hoshiarpur, and pass appropriate orders on the same, in accordance with law, expeditiously but not later than two months from the date a copy of this order is received by him. No costs. (T.S.Thakur) Chief Justice (Jasbir Singh) Judge November 25, 2008 Malik