IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 7510 of 1989 Date of decision : 19.03.2010 Onkar Nath Mehra and another ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.K. Chibbar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the State has filed an affidavit of Sawinder Pal, Sub Divisional Engineer (B&E), Amritsar Development Authority. The said affidavit is taken on record. It has been stated in the affidavit that notification under Section 10(3) was issued but the possession (under Section 10(5) of Urban Land C&R Act 1976) excess land was not taken by the State Govt. Learned State counsel submits that in view of Section 4 of the Repealing Act i.e. Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, the proceedings pending against the petitioners under Section 10(5) are deemed to have abated by virtue of Section 4 thereof. According to him, the petition has, thus, been rendered redundant. In view of the above, this petition is dismissed as having been rendered redundant. March 19, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE