IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.462 of 2011 Date of Decision : January 12, 2011. Rupinder Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Sandeep Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Monika Chhibbar Sharma, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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) Notice of motion. Ms.Monika Chhibbar Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Let three copies of the writ petition be supplied to the learned State counsel during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the Tehsildar-cum- Registrar of Marriages, Hoshiarpur, to register her marriage with Avtar Singh which is said to have been solemnized on 3.9.2007 as per the Sikh Religious Rites and Ceremonies. C.W.P.No .462 of 2011 2 It is averred that the petitioner and Avtar Singh performed love marriage against the wishes of her parents. The husband of the petitioner is now said to have been gone abroad. The petitioner alongwith her mother-in-law went to the office of respondent No.2 for registration of her marriage which is said to have been declined on the ground that the parents of the petitioner have not appeared before him as witness to the marriage and given their consent. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent No.2 not to decline registration of the marriage merely on the ground that the parents of the petitioner have not come forward to give their consent. However, it shall not preclude the Registering Authority to verify the other relevant factors to ascertain that the petitioner and Avtar Singh have solemnized a valid marriage. The needful shall be done within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. January 12, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE