IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.17173 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION: October 31, 2006 Amarpal Singh ….Petitioner VERSUS Union of India …..Respondent CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEY MITTAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. BHALLA PRESENT: Shri S.S.Japra, Advocate for the petitioner. Viney Mittal,J.(Oral). Notice of motion to the respondents. On the asking of Court, Shri Rajeev Sharma, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Copies of the writ petition have been supplied to the learned counsel for the respondents. After arguing the case for some time, the learned counsel for the petitioner states that the present writ petition be disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed and comprehensive representation before the Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, claiming the relief which has been claimed by the petitioner before this Court and directions be issued to the aforesaid authority to look into the matter and take an appropriate decision. Keeping in view the stand taken by the learned counsel for the petitioner but without expressing any opinion on the merits of CWP NO.17173 of 2006 -2- the claim made by the petitioner, we dispose of the present petition with a liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed and comprehensive representation before the Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh. If any such representation is filed by the petitioner, then the Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh shall look into the entire matter and shall take an appropriate decision on the said request made by the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of filing of representation, by passing a detailed and speaking order. A copy of the order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. (Viney Mittal) Judge October 31, 2006 (H.S. Bhalla) KD Judge