CWP No.10053 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.10053 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 19.12.2011 Munish Kathuria ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.K. Chopra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Amit Chopra, Advocate, Mr. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Pal Singh, Advocate, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate, Mr. D.S. Pheruman, Advocate, Mr. Sushil Saini, Advocate, Mr. H.S. Sethi, Advocate, Mr. K.S. Chahal, Advocate, Mr. Lalit Rishi Advocate for Mr. D.S. Patwalia, Advocate, Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate, Mr. Gurnam Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Rita Kohli, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). This judgment shall dispose of 19 writ petitions i.e. CWP Nos.19919, 21769 of 2008, CWP Nos.10053, 14551, 13767, 13959, 14028, 10563, 12140, 15863, 10023, 10148, 11471, 13094, 13180, 13990, 5887 of 2009 and CWP Nos.9703 and 5756 of 2011, as common question of law and facts arises in all these cases. Pursuant to order dated November 29, 2011, learned State counsel seeks to place on record affidavit of Surinder Riar, Addl. Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Admn.), Punjab. She submits that Chief CWP No.10053 of 2009 2 Secretary, Punjab has already constituted a committee for considering individual cases of the petitioners after taking into consideration all the facts and circumstances as well as the orders passed by this court and the apex court from time to time. According to her, the said committee shall pass speaking orders in each case and decisions shall be taken expeditiously, in any case not later than six weeks. Under the circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioners submit that they may be allowed to withdraw the present petitions with liberty to file afresh in case any cause of action arises. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the petitioners, all these petitions are dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 19.12.2011 'rajpal'