COCP No.750 of 1989 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 12.05.2011 Hukam Singh & anr. ....petitioners Versus Sh.Satish Dhawan & ors. .....respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr.A.C.Jain, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.Kamal Sehgal, Additional Advocate General, Haryana *** RAKESH KUMAR GARG J.: As per the averments made in this petition, vide order dated January 30, 1989 passed in CWP No.5975 of 1988, this Court had passed a status quo order regarding possession. However, it is the case of the petitioners that they were in cultivating possession of the land in dispute and their crop was standing till July 26,1989 on which date they were dispossessed with the police help. The aforesaid action of the respondents was punishable under the provisions of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Reply to the petition was filed, wherein, it has been submitted that the respondents were in possession of the land in dispute prior to the passing of the aforesaid order and temporary fencing had already been erected and the contempt petition, being on false averments, was liable to be dismissed. This petition was ordered to be admitted and thereafter vide COCP No.750 of 1989 2 order dated December 15,2006 it was ordered to be heard along with CWP No.5975 of 1988. This Court vide judgment of the even date has found no merit in the writ petition. Admittedly, the land in dispute is fenced by warbed wire. Hence, the instant contempt petition does not survive and the same is dismissed. (JASBIR SINGH) (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) JUDGE JUDGE 12.05.2011 neenu