IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8086 of 2005 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: MARCH 20, 2007. Santokh Singh and others ....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE NIRMAL YADAV Present: Mrs. A.K. Singh, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.S.S. Randhawa, AAG, Punjab .. ORDER: In this writ petition, it is averred by the petitioners that the land in dispute is evacuee surplus land and, keeping in view their possession, they are entitled to get the same. The respondent-State alleges that the land in question is forest land and, as such, it cannot be allotted to them. We dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the petitioners to move an application, to purchase the land, if no such application is already pending, before the competent authority, who shall decide the same as per law. If the petitioners are found entitled to get the land in dispute, necessary relief be granted to them and vice versa. With the disposal of the main civil writ petition, C.M. No.3302 of 2007 for impleading the Chief Conservator of Forest, Punjab, as respondent No.3, has become infructuous and the same is disposed of as such. ( JASBIR SINGH ) JUDGE March 20, 2007 ( NIRMAL YADAV ) pc JUDGE