CWP No.7668 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.7668 of 2009 Date of Decision: 29.07.2010 **** Kabul Singh and another . . . . Petitioners VS. State of Punjab and another . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. H.S. Brar, Addl. AG Punjab Mr. Tarun Khaira, Advocate for Mr. J.S. Brar, Advocate for respondent No.1 ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner seeks a direction to waive off the loan amount taken by them from respondent No.2 under the Scheme known as “Employment Programme for Educated Youths” (in short, ‘the Scheme’). The petitioners are former detenues of Jodhpur jail who were arrested during the “Operation Bluestar” and were later on released without facing any trial. In order to rehabilitate the youths like the petitioners and to bring them in the mainstream, the Government of the Punjab launched the above-mentioned Scheme. Both the CWP No.7668 of 2009.doc - 2 – petitioners also availed loan facilities under the Scheme from the Punjab Financial Corporation. It is the case of the petitioners that the State Government has taken a conscious decision to waive off the loans taken under the Scheme and other similarly-situated loanees have been exempted from payments also but in the case of the petitioners the matter is still lying pending. (2). Respondent No.2 has filed its reply/affidavit, inter alia, stating that in 48 such like cases, the loan liability has already been waived off and the State Government has paid the entire principal amount along with 50% of simple interest to the Corporation. As regards the petitioners, it is averred that there are 78 more cases including of the petitioners which have been recommended by the Corporation to the State Government way back on 25.01.2005, followed by certain reminders but no decision has been taken by the State Government, so far. (3). In para 7 of the reply, the Corporation has further averred that the Department of Industries, Government of Punjab has been requested to expedite the matter for the settlement of the pending cases. CWP No.7668 of 2009.doc - 3 – (4). In view of the above noticed stand taken by the Corporation and the fact that the State Government is obligated to take some decision in respect of the pending cases also, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Principal Secretaries to Government of Punjab, Departments of Industries as well as Finance to take an appropriate decision in respect of the pending cases including that of the petitioners within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order and intimate the same to the Corporation and to the petitioners as well. (5). Ordered accordingly. (6). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 29.07.2010 vishal shonkar