IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.9415 of 2010 Date of decision: 6.8.2010 Harvinder Singh Bawa …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Augustine George Masih Present: Mr.Onkar Singh Batalvi, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Surinder Kapoor Kohli, Addl.A.G. Punjab Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) In this writ petition, it is case of the petitioner that due to construction of a Bandh on river Beas, in a wrongful manner, land of the petitioner, detail of which has been shown in this petition, had sub-merged in the river-bed. His claim is for grant of compensation. It is an admitted fact that the Bandh was constructed in the year 1981. This writ petition has been filed after about three decades of the above said construction. There is nothing on record to show that land of the petitioner has sub-merged in the river-bed on account of construction of the Bandh, mentioned above. It is also not clear that before the date of construction of the Bandh, the petitioner had been cultivating the land in dispute. The respondents, by filing reply, have stated that land of the petitioner was already under river-bed before the construction of the Bandh. Civil Writ Petition No.9415 of 2010 After such a long time, no interference can be made in this writ petition at the instance of the petitioner. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 06.08.2010 (Augustine George Masih) gk Judge 2