IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 9175 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : 21.11.2011 M/s Sohan Singh Babu Ram and others .... PETITIONERS Versus Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Panchkula and another ..... RESPONDENTS C.W.P. No. 9158 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : 21.11.2011 M/s Ram Saran Mehar Singh and others .... PETITIONERS Versus Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Panchkula and another ..... RESPONDENTS C.W.P. No. 9450 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : 21.11.2011 M/s Bal Kishan Harsh Kumar and others .... PETITIONERS Versus Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Panchkula and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARAMJEET SINGH Present: Mr. Ram Lal Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Ramesh Hooda, Advocate, for the respondents. * * * CWPs No. 9175, 9158 & 9450 of 2010 -2- SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petitions No. 9175, 9158 and 9450 of 2010, as in all these petitions the order dated 10.3.2010, passed by the Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, has been challenged. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners has pointed out that some of the old licensees of Grain Market, Indri, have challenged the aforesaid order by filing appeal/revision before the State Government, in which the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, vide his order dated 15.7.2010, has set aside the order dated 10.3.2010, passed by the Chief Administrator, and remanded the matter to him with a direction to decide the matter afresh by passing a speaking order after hearing the appellants therein. It has also been ordered that the appellants therein will be supplied a copy of the report of the committee to enable them to plead their case. The Chief Administrator has been directed to decide the case as expeditiously as possible preferably within four months from the receipt of a copy of the order and till the matter is decided by the Chief Administrator, plots have been ordered to be kept reserved for all the appellants therein. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that after the remand, the said matter is still pending and in the terms of the aforesaid order dated 15.7.2010, passed by the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary, the impugned order be also quashed qua the petitioners. Learned counsel for the respondents, on instructions, states that after the aforesaid remand order passed by the Financial Commissioner & Principal CWPs No. 9175, 9158 & 9450 of 2010 -3- Secretary, the Chief Administrator has not decided the case so far and the matter is still pending, therefore, he has no objection, if the impugned order qua the petitioners is also set aside and the matters of the petitioners are also remanded to the Chief Administrator to re-consider the matter after hearing counsel for the petitioners, by passing a speaking order. In view of the aforesaid stand, taken by learned counsel for the parties, the impugned order dated 10.3.2010 qua the petitioners in all these three petitions is set aside and the matter is remanded to the Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, with a direction to decide the matter afresh by passing a speaking order after hearing the petitioners. They shall also be supplied a copy of the report of the committee to enable them to plead their case. Since the time of four months granted by the Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary vide his order dated 15.7.2010 has already expired, therefore, we expect that the Chief Administrator will decide the matter expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from today. Till the decision of the matter by the Chief Administrator, plots would be kept reserved for all the petitioners in these writ petitions. Disposed of accordingly. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 21, 2011 ( PARAMJEET SINGH ) ndj JUDGE