IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH L.P.A. No. 342 of 2002 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: December 24, 2008 Smt. Savitri Devi and others …Appellants Versus Haryana State and another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, Advocate, for the Appellants. Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Addl. AG, Haryana, for the respondents. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. This Letters Patent Appeal under Section X of the Letters Patent has been filed against the judgment dated 28.2.2001, passed by the learned Single Judge in Regular First Appeal No. 1372 of 1996. L.P.A. No. 342 of 2002 In the Civil Misc. Application No. 1178 of 2008, filed on behalf of the appellants, it has been asserted that the claim made by the appellants in the appeal is covered by the judgment and order dated 9.9.2008, passed by this Court in L.P.A. No. 350 of 2001. Notice of the application was issued and the learned State counsel has produced a letter bearing Memo. No. 6343, dated 23.12.2008, addressed to him by the Land Acquisition Officer, Urban Estate, Panchkula, which is taken on record as Mark ‘A’. The Land Acquisition Officer, Urban Estate, Panchkula, has conceded that the controversy raised in the instant appeal is covered by the judgment of this Court rendered in L.P.A. No. 350 of 2001(incorrectly mentioned as ‘RFA No. 350 of 2001’ in the letter whereas it has to be read as ‘LPA No. 350 of 2001’ as per the statement made by the learned State counsel) decided on 9.9.2008, on which reliance has been placed by the appellants. In view of the above, the instant appeal is also allowed in terms of the judgment and order dated 9.9.2008, passed in L.P.A. No. 350 of 2001. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (JORA SINGH) December 24, 2008 JUDGE Pkapoor 2