IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 17753 of 2006 Date of decision: November 10, 2006 Fatehjit Singh and Ors .........Petitioner Versus Director Land Record, Punjab and Ors ...........Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE NIRMAL YADAV Present: Mr. G.S.Nagra, Advocate for the petitioners -.- ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that despite the fact that a petition under Section 42 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 ( in short 'the Act, 1948'), has been filed before the respondent No.1 for partition of Bachat Land in the year 2002, but till date no final decision has been taken by the competent authority. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to respondent No. 1 to decide the petition under Section 42 of the Act, 1948, filed by the petitioners expeditiously. ( ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE ( NIRMAL YADAV) JUDGE November 10, 2006 mohan