Civil Writ Petition No. 5281 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 5281 of 2008 Date of decision : 15.02.2010 M.I.G. Welfare Society (Regd.) Ludhiana ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Gourave Bhayyia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Balwinder Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 2. Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No. 3. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Challenge in this writ petition is to the action of respondents in subjecting the members of petitioner-Society to payment of water and sewerage charges. A direction has thus, been sought to exempt them from this levy. The claim of the petitioner/Society is that their case is covered under the notification dated 11.07.2006, Annexure P-4 and are thus, entitled to exemption from payment of water and sewerage charges. Alternatively, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner-Society is entitled to benefit in similar terms as granted vide notification, Annexure P-4 as members of petitioner-Society are similarly placed as the persons who have been extended the benefit of the said notification. At the outset, learned counsel for the State submits that in case Civil Writ Petition No. 5281 of 2008 2 a representation is preferred by the petitioner-Society within two weeks of receipt of certified copy of this order, the same shall be decided within three months thereafter by respondent No. 1 after considering the plea raised by the petitioner. In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw the present petition at this stage with liberty to file afresh in case any cause of action survives. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid. February 15, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE