C.W.P. No.19842 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.19842 of 2011 Date of Decision.21.10.2011 Pargan Singh @ Pargat Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab through Chief Secretary, Civil Secretariat, Punjab Chandigarh and others .....Respondents Present: Mr. Ashok Saini, Advocate for the petitioners. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. The petition is for a mandamus directing the Home Secretary, Punjab to appoint a person of a known integrity as a Receiver/Administrator for running the affairs of Radha Soami Dera Saidpur, Amritsar and for restraining respondent Nos.4 to 11 to stop or obstruct or interfering in any manner to the petitioners, their followers and disciples from performing the sacred sermons or any form of practice under the religious beliefs. There is also a prayer for direction to respondent Nos.1 to 3 to take the steps to secure the safety and security of the petitioner, whose life is in danger and for a restraint against respondent Nos.4 to 11 from interfering into peaceful and legal possession of the right of the petitioner as successor to the Dera. The reliefs sought for in the writ petition cannot be decided in a writ petition, for the grievance is essentially in the private realm between the petitioners, who claim that they are entitled to administering the C.W.P. No.19842 of 2011 -2- affairs and that the respondents No.4 to 11, according to the petitioners, are mismanaging the affairs of Trust. If the petitioners are interested in administering the affairs of Trust, they could make out a basis for the contentions that they are raising that there is mismanagement and the appropriate remedy would be by means of a suit instituted under Section 92 and not through a writ petition. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that even such a suit has been filed. In such an event, the institution of a writ petition itself is a vexatious attempt and the writ petition is dismissed. However, the petitioners will be at liberty to file a complaint to the jurisdictional police for their personal life and liberty, who will take action on such a complaint if there is any basis for such a complaint. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE October 21, 2011 Pankaj*