IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5282 of 2011 Date of decision: 26.05.2011 Darshan Singh and others …..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: Mr.Sarjit Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr.Amit, Advocate for the petitioners Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) In this writ petition the petitioners have laid challenge to the vires of Section 42-A of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (in short, the Act). The said provision was brought into the Statute vide Punjab Act No.6 of 2007. In view of an order dated 20.5.2011 passed by a Division Bench of this Court in CWP No.15509 of 2007 titled as Mahatam Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others, challenge to the vires of Section 42-A of the Act has become infructuous. The writ petition stands dismissed accordingly. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 26.05.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge