C.W.P.No. 18818 of 2009. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P.No. 18818 of 2009. DECIDED ON : 08.12.2009. Banarsi Dass and others Petitioners. VERSUS State of Haryana and others. Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Ms. Anjali Khosla, Advocate, for the petitioners. PEROMOD KOHLI,J. Notice of motion. Mr. Ravi Dutt Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents 1 and 2. Keeping in view the nature of relief, this petition is disposed of at the motion stage. The petitioners are resident of village Arnoli, District Kaithal. It is stated that the predecessors of the petitioners had settled in the village during the period C.W.P.No. 18818 of 2009. 2 from 1950-1960. The predecessors-in-interest of the petitioners were leased out the land under the East Punjab Utilization Act, 1949 (for short “the Act”) in District Kaithal.This land was leased out under the Grow More Food Campaign. The object was to promote agricultural activity on the uncultivated land. It is alleged that the petitioners are cultivating the said land and paying lease money. Some of the similar situated persons were ordered to be evicted by the State and they approached this Court in various writ petitions including C.W.P.No. 1479 of 1979 decided on 6.9.1979 and the eviction proceedings were set aside. The State of Haryana has issued notification dated 3.1.2008 introducing Rule 6-A of the Punjab Village Common Lands Rules, 1964. A proviso to said Rule is for lease of the land for a period of 99 years to the original lessees under the Act, or to their legal heirs, who are in cultivating possession of such land. The petitioners have already made representation/ applications but no decision has been taken thereon. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take a decision on the representation filed by the petitioners in accordance C.W.P.No. 18818 of 2009. 3 with law within a period of four months from the date a certified copy is served upon the Competent authority. 08.12.2009. (PERMOD KOHLI ) Anoop JUDGE