Civil Writ Petition No. 18030 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- Civil Writ Petition No. 18030 of 2008 Date of decision: 19.11.2008 Mahender Singh ........Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and others .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.S.Khehar Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Jagjit Singh Beniwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Surinder Kumar Bishnoi,DAG, Haryana for respondents No. 1 to 3 -.- J.S.Khehar , J. (Oral) Joint written statement on behalf of respondent No. 1 to 3 has been handed over to us in Court today. The same is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. Copy thereof has been furnished to the learned counsel for the petitioner. A perusal of paragraph 2 of the preliminary objections contained in the joint written statement filed on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 3 reveals, that the process of constitution of the Committee, for allotment of surplus land to eligible persons, is under active consideration of the respondents, and that, as and when the Committee under reference is constituted, it will consider the claim of the petitioner on priority. It emerges, that the claim of the petitioner is based on the order passed by the prescribed authority under The Haryana Ceiling on Lands Civil Writ Petition No. 18030 of 2008 2 Holdings, Act, 1972 dated 05.02.1999 (Annexure P-2). The claim of the petitioner has, therefore, been pending consideration at the hands of the respondents for almost a decade. The same stance as has been adopted in the written statement was projected to the petitioner as and when he approached the respondents for the disposal of his claims. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case, we consider it just and appropriate to direct the competent authority, to constitute the Committee, referred to in paragraph 2 of the preliminary objections in the joint written statement filed on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 3, within three months from today. The claim of the petitioner shall be settled by the Committee within a further period of three months. The instant writ petition stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. Order dasti on payment of usual charges. [J.S.Khehar] Judge [Nirmaljit Kaur] Judge November 19, 2008 mohan