IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No. 1757 of 2008 Date of decision: January 22, 2009 Tuli Chand …..PETITIONER Versus Pawan Kumar Rai, Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar. …..RESPONDENT CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE T.P.S.MANN PRESENT: Mr Puneet Sharma, Advocate for Mr Sandeep Arora, Advocate Mr S.S.Sahu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab T.P.S.MANN, J. (Oral): According to the petitioner, representation dated 2.4.2008 submitted by him has not been decided by the respondent despite the order passed by this Court on 25.7.2008, requiring the said representation to be decided within two months from the date of receipt of the said order. Reply filed by the respondent today in the Court is taken on record and a copy thereof supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner. It has been mentioned therein, that on receipt of order dated 25.7.2008, the respondent immediately entrusted the matter to DSP, Phillaur for conducting an enquiry and report. The report of DSP, Phillaur was received on 23.9.2008. On perusing the same, necessary directions were issued to arrest the accused and after completing the investigation to put the challan in the concerned Court. All efforts were made to arrest both the accused-Tirath Ram and Balbir Kumar. However, as they were granted concession of anticipatory bail by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, they were joined in the investigation. The aforesaid application for the grant of anticipatory bail is now fixed before the Court for 23.1.2009. COCP No1757 of 2008 -2- The only relief sought by the petitioner in his representation dated 2.4.2008 was for taking action against Tirath Ram and Balbir Kumar by arresting them in the case registered against them. As is clear from the above, necessary action has been taken by the respondent. Therefore, it cannot be said that the representation dated 2.4.2008 submitted by the petitioner has not been decided by the respondent. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Rule is discharged. (T.P.S.MANN) January 22, 2009. JUDGE Pds