IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.3630 of 1988 Date of Decision:- 15.03.2010 Chhajju Ram son of Munshi Ram ....Petitioner(s) vs. Chief Canal Officer and others ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- Mr.Kamal Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.D.S.Nalwa, Additional Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondents. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral) On 19.2.2010, counsel for the State had submitted that the petitioner, namely, Chhajju Ram, son of Munshi Ram, resident of village Thana, Tehsil Pehowa, District Kurukshetra, has given an affidavit dated 5.2.2010 to the official respondents that he does not want to press the present writ petition. On that date, he had sought time to call the concerned official who had submitted the said affidavit in the office of the Advocate General, Haryana, as also to call the petitioner in person, in Court, to verify the correctness of the affidavit. Accordingly, today Chhajju Ram son of Munshi Ram, resident of Village Thana, Tehsil Pehowa, District Kurukshetra, has come present in Court and he has been identified by Sh.Mange Ram, SDO, Kaithal Water Services, Sub Division, Kaithal. Sh.Mange Ram, SDO, states that the affidavit dated 5.2.2010 was sworn in by the petitioner. The said affidavit has been produced by the counsel for the respondent-State in Court and C.W.P.No.3630 of 1988 -2- the same is taken on record. Chhajju Ram-petitioner states that he does not want to pursue the present writ petition and wants to withdraw the same. In the light of the affidavit dated 5.2.2010 and statement of petitioner-Chhajju Ram (as identified by Sh.Mange Ram, SDO), the present writ petition is ordered to be dismissed as not pressed. March 15, 2010 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE