CWP No.9476 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition.No.9476 of 2009 Date of decision: 21.7.2011 DLF Golf Resorts Limited ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Ashim Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner In CWP No.9476 of 2009 and Mr. Ashish Chopra, Mr. Vikas Mohan Gupta, Ms. Munisha Gandhi, Mr. Khagesh Gautam, Mr. Avneesh Jhingan, Mr. K.L.Saini, Mr. Vaibnav Sharma and Mr. Gourav Goel, Advocates for the petitioners in connected cases. Mr. Randhir Singh, Addl.A.G.Haryana. Adarsh Kumar Goel, ACJ. 1. This order will dispose of CWP Nos. 216 of 2008, 8844, 9476, 11359, 11519, 11497, 11520, 14414, 18190, 18191, 18241 of 2009 as it is stated that all the petitions involve common questions and have been earlier dealt with as connected cases. 2. CWP No.9476 of 2009 has been filed seeking declaration that Punjab Entertainment Duty Act, 1955 is ultravires the Constitution and to quash orders passed under the Act. The Division Bench hearing the writ petition made a reference to the Full bench on the question whether the Act was constitutional. The Full Bench vide its order dated 3.1.2011 answered 1 CWP No.9476 of 2009 the questions against the petitioner and upheld the provisions of the Act. However, the matter was directed to be listed before Division Bench to consider submissions regarding application of provisions of the Act. 3. We have heard learned counsel for the parties. 4. Once the statute has been upheld, there is remedy available to take any other objection arising out of application of the Act before the statutory authorities in the first instance. 5. We, thus, do not find any ground to go into any other question at this stage. The writ petitions will stand disposed of. A photo copy of this order be placed on the file of each connected case. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Acting Chief Justice July 21, 2011 (Ajay Kumar Mittal) ‘gs’ Judge 2 CWP No.9476 of 2009 3