C.W.P. No.9115 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.9115 of 2011 Date of Decision: 18.07.2011 Navdeep Kaur ....Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari, mandamus and any other representation directing the respondents to give the land to the present petitioner under Rule 6(A) of the Punjab Village Common Lands Rules, 1961. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner had submitted applications for taking land on lease under Rule 6(A) of the Punjab Village Common Lands Rules, 1961 (here-in-after referred to as `the 1961 Rules'). The same were sent to the Director, Department of Panchayat, Government of Haryana, Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra, BDPO, Pehowa, District Kurukshetra and also to the Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Bodhni. However, they are not passing any order on the applications under Rule 6(A) of the 1961 Rules submitted by the petitioner. C.W.P. No.9115 of 2011 2 Similar writ petitions bearing CWP Nos.9034 of 2007 and 4478 of 2009 were decided by this Court vide orders dated 17.07.2008 and 21.03.2009, respectively. It has been contended that the issue in the present case is identical. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to consider the application filed by the petitioner, which is pending with the Government in terms of Rule 6(A) of the 1961 Rules. The Government would keep in mind the fact that vires of this Rule have already been challenged before passing any order. Disposed of with the above said terms. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 18.07.2011 JUDGE gurpreet