CWP No. 20662 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 20662 of 2010 Date of Decision: 19.01.2011 1) CWP No. 20662 of 2010 Ishwar Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents. 2) CWP No. 20663 of 2010 Sher Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents. 3) CWP No. 20937 of 2010 Roshan Lal ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Nonish Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioners in all the cases. Mr. Anil Rathee, Addl. A.G. Haryana for the respondents in all the cases. **** RANJAN GOGOI, A.C.J.(Oral) These three writ petitions pertain to illegal mining in village Harsinghpura, District Karnal which the petitioners allege is going on without any check or control. Hence appropriate directions CWP No. 20662 of 2010 [2] to stop such illegal mining has been sought for in the writ petitions. 2. Mr. Rathee, learned Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, on instructions received, has submitted that pursuant to the orders dated 5.4.2006 passed in Civil Writ Petition No. 8470 of 2004, all mining activities in village Harsinghpura, have been brought to a close including the lease/licence for such mining which was granted to one M/s Balwant Singh Subhash & Company for the period 28.4.2004 to 31.03.2009. In this regard, Shri Rathee has further submitted that a draft written statement containing the aforesaid averments has been prepared for being filed by the State Mining Engineer, Department of Mines & Geology, Haryana and if required, the same can be brought on record provided some time is granted by the Court for the said purpose. Shri Rathee has infact placed before the Court a copy of the draft written statement. 3. In view of the statement made by Mr. Rathee, learned Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, that all the mining activities in village Harsinghpura, have been brought to a close in terms of the orders passed by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 8470 of 2004, we do not consider it necessary to adjourn the case to formally take on record the written statement of the concerned authority to the above effect. Rather we are of the view that all the writ petitions under consideration should be closed in terms of the statement made on behalf of the State of Haryana by Mr. Rathee, learned Addl. Advocate General. We, therefore, order accordingly with liberty to the petitioners to move the Deputy Commissioner, Karnal in the event there is any mining activity going on or if undertaken in village CWP No. 20662 of 2010 [3] Harsinghpura. The Deputy Commissioner, Karnal on being so approached, if at all, will enforce the orders of this Court. 4. It is stated by learned counsel for the petitioners that applications for claim of compensation have been filed in respect of land not leased out for mining purposes but illegally used for the same. If any application raising a claim for compensation have been filed, the same be dealt with in accordance with law by the Deputy Commissioner concerned within a period of six months from today. With the aforesaid observations and directions, all these cases shall stand disposed of. (RANJAN GOGOI) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) 19.01.2011 JUDGE 'ravinder'