IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22587 of 2010 Date of Decision : December 17, 2010. Gulshan Kumar and another .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.J.S.Lalli, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The grand-father of the petitioners, namely, Lal Chand migrated from Pakistan at the time of partition and was allegedly allotted a site on Tehbazaari in the Lakar Bazar, Ludhiana. He had been paying the Tehbazaari/licence fee regularly till the demolition of the said small booth by the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, being an unauthorized site and/or in compliance of the directions issued by this Court vide order dated October 4, 2008 (Annexure P-8) in a Public Interest Litigation (CWP No.4886 of 2003, Court on its own motion versus State of Punjab and another). The petitioners now seek a mandamus to direct the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, to allot an alternative site to them. In this regard, C.W.P.No .22587 of 2010 2 the petitioners are said to have represented the authorities on 15.6.2010 (Annexures P-11 and P-12) but without any response. It is averred that the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana has constituted a Committee to examine such like claims but its decision is still awaited. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, however, without expressing any views on the entitlement of the petitioners for allotment of an alternative site, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana as well as the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, to consider and dispose of the pending claim of the petitioners regarding allotment of an alternative site, by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. December 17, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE