IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 14581 of 2007. Date of Decision: 29th April, 2009. Surinder Kumar and others Petitioners through Mr. Pankaj Nanhera, Advocate Versus State of Haryana & Ors. Respondents through Mr. R.D.Sharma, Sr. DAG, Haryana. Mr. J.P.Bhatt, Advocate, for respondents No. 2 & 5. Mr. Sanjay S.Chauhan, Advocate, respondent Nos. 6 and 7. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? SURYA KANT, J. [ORAL) This order shall dispose of CWP Nos. 14581 of 2007 and 12321 of 2008 as common questions of law and facts are involved in these cases. The facts are being extracted from CWP No. 14581 of 2007. The petitioners seek a direction to allow them to carry on their Dairy and other Commercial activities from the residential houses in Sector 19, Panchkula. Alternatively, they seek allotment of some other sites to enable them to earn their livelihood. The petitioners' case is that originally they were residents of village Ferozepur whose entire estate was acquired by the Haryana Urban Development Authority for development of Sector 5, Panchkula. The inhabitants of the village were given alternative sites in Sector 19, Panchkula. It is the petitioners' case that even after shifting to Sector 19, Panchkula in the year 1986, they have been continuously running their previous occupation of dairy and other petty shops from their houses in Sector 19. The respondent authorities, however, have now started taking action against them on the plea of misuse of the 'residential premises'. Notice of motion was issued and in response thereto, the HUDA authorities have filed their reply. The respondents have come up with the plea that in the first case, i.e., CWP No. 14581 of 2007, none of the petitioners has been allotted any plot in Sector 19 in lieu of his property in village Ferozepur. The respondents have further averred that the petitioners are misusing the residential premises by opening Kiryana Shops contrary to the terms and conditions of the allotment. Learned counsel for respondents No. 6 and 7, i.e., Municipal Council, Panchkula submits that in order to allow the dairy owners to carry on their dairy business, the Municipal Council has identified a site in village Naggal outside the Municipal limits. However, a final decision regarding allotment of plots to the dairy owners has to be taken by the State Government. I have heard learned counsel for the parties at some length and perused the records. It is clearly spelt out from the allotment letters that sites in Sector 19 have been allotted to some of the petitioners for residential purposes only. These sites can not be permitted to be misused for running the dairy business and/or Kiryana Shops. Even if some of the petitioners, as claimed by them, were running the dairy activities in their acquired properties in village Ferozepur, it does not clothe them with any legally vested right to continue those dairy activities in the Urban Estate of Sector 19 which is to be regulated as per the provisions contained in the HUDA Act, 1977 or the Regulations framed there-under and/or the Municipal laws. No fault can, thus, be found with the action of the respondents in prohibiting the running of dairy or other commercial activities from the residential premises in Sector 19, Panchkula. As regards the allotment of alternative sites outside the Municipal limits to the dairy owners, it transpires that a Committee headed by the Sub Divisional Officer [Civil], Panchkula has been constituted to lay down the modalities for such allotments and its recommendations, if any, are further required to be approved by the State Government. Learned counsel for respondents No. 6 and 7, however, informs that no meeting of the said Committee has taken place from last one year. Suffice it to say that the inaction of the District Administration and its failure in timely redressal of a pubic grievance, can not be appreciated. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula to ensure that the meeting of the Committee constituted to find out the alternative sites and/or lay down the modalities for allotments is held immediately and necessary recommendations, if any, are sent to the State Government within a period of two months. The State Government, on its turn, is directed to take a final decision within a period of three months from the date a report is received. Any laxity on the part of the District Administration in ignoring these directions or delaying the matter would be viewed seriously. It is, however, clarified that if the alternative sites are decided to be allotted to the dairy owners, the respondents shall be entitled to verify the genuineness of the claims of the petitioners or other applicants before making the allotments. Disposed of. Dasti. April 29, 2009. ( SURYA KANT ) dinesh JUDGE