IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.2388 of 2009 Date of decision: February 13, 2009. Ram Parshad ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mrs. A.K. Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): The petitioner is aggrieved at the demand of Rs.1,28,553/- as on 14.1.2008 raised by the Nangal Co-operative House Building Society Ltd. towards final settlement of the petitioner's house loan account. It may be noticed here that the petitioner had taken a house loan of Rs.2 lacs in January/February, 1999. While the petitioner asserts that the entire loan amount has been paid by him vide receipts Annexures P-7 to P-24, the above-mentioned Society has slapped him with the notice dated 14.11.2008 asking for the above mentioned amount. The loan agreement executed between the parties provides that any dispute concerning the assessment of the dues of the loan “or any other related dispute or ambiguity” will be referred to the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab for arbitration and his decision would be final and binding on the parties. From para 12 and 13 of the writ petition, it does appear that the petitioner approached the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies at Anandpur Sahib for making a reference to the arbitrator in exercise of his powers as Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab. It further appears that the notice of the said application was issued and thereafter the parties were heard on 22.10.2007. No order either to refer the dispute to arbitrator or declining the said reference, appears to have been passed thereafter. Having heard Learned Counsel for the Petitioner and taking into consideration the above noticed facts, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Punjab at Anandpur Sahib to take a decision as to whether or not the dispute raised by the petitioner is referable to arbitrator for adjudication. The decision shall be taken within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order and a communication to that effect shall be sent to the petitioner. In case the matter is referred to the arbitrator for adjudication, the arbitrator is directed to dispose of the reference as early as possible and preferably within three months from the date of receipt of the reference. February 13, 2009. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge