IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2193 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 08, 2011. Madan Mohan and another .....Petitioners versus Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Harsh Bunger, 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 petitioners are aggrieved by the order dated 12.5.2010 (Annexure P-5) passed by the Deputy Director, Urban Local Bodies, Amritar Region exercising the powers of Collector under the Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1973, which has been further upheld by the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar-cum- Commissioner under the Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1973, while dismissing the petitioners' appeal vide order dated 6.1.2011 (Annexure P8). As a consequence of these orders, the petitioners have been ordered to be evicted from the properties bearing No.2297/12, Wooden, 9/XII-1 Blue and 1704/XII-1 MCS, situated at Inner Circular Road between Hall Gate and Sikandri Gate, Amritsar. The above- stated eviction orders have been passed on a petition filed by the C.W.P.No .2193 of 2011 2 Municipal Corporation, Amritsar under Sections 4, 5 and 7 of the Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1973. After arguing the case at some length, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks and is granted permission to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to the petitioners to approach the State Government regarding purchase of the properties in dispute in terms of the Government Policy dated 14.6.2009. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to submit their representation-cum-application in accordance with the afore-stated Government Policy, if any. It is directed that in case the petitioners submit such an application within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, the State Government/Competent Authority shall take an appropriate decision thereon within a period of two months from the date of receipt of such application. Till then, dispossession of the petitioners from the disputed properties shall remain stayed subject to their giving an undertaking by way of an affidavit before the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar that in the event of non-acceptance of their claim/representation by the State Government, they shall hand-over the vacant possession of the disputed properties. Dasti. February 08, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE