C.W.P. No. 19668 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- C.W.P. No. 19668 of 2009 Date of decision:- 18.12.2009 Samaj Sudhar Sabha ...Petitioner. Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present:- Mr. A.K.Ahluwalia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Permod Kohli, J. The petitioner is a registered society under the Society Registration Act. The Society applied for allotment of land vide its application dated 18.9.2006, followed by a reminder. Receiving no response CWP NO. 38 of 2008 was filed in this Court. This writ petition was disposed of vide order dated 8.1.2008 directing the Director, Rural Development and Panchayat to decide application dated 6.9.2007. Pursuant to aforesaid directions the respondents have passed the impugned order dated 28.8.2008 (Annexure P-9) refusing to decide the application on the ground that the land sought to be allotted is shamlat land and the Director has no competence to allot that land. The petitioner has challenged the aforesaid order. It is admitted case of the petitioner that land in question, for which application of allotment has been made, is a Panchayat land. There is no direction to Panchayat to consider the application. The impugned order C.W.P. No. 19668 of 2009 is justified in this regard. Learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that he has also made a representation to the Panchayat vide Annexure P-7 and the Panchayat may be directed to consider his representation. Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.-5 Gram Panchayat to consider the application of the petitioner of allotment of land within a period of four months. December 18, 2009 (Permod Kohli) tripti Judge