IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 23557 of 2011 Date of Decision: 19.12.2011 Shamsher Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. Surinder Singh Duhan, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** RANJAN GOGOI, C.J.(Oral) The grievance raised in this Public Interest Litigation is with regard to the constitution of a Board/Trust to manage the affairs of Dera Tirath Jagdamini Ji Maharaj and its endowments including land and building which are situated at village Jamni, Tehsil Safidon, District Jind. According to the petitioner, the erstwhile Mahant died in the year 2010 and one another person (respondent No.4) has been so acting without the consent of the inhabitants and without any authority of law. Hence the writ petition. 2. On perusal of the writ petition, we find that a request for constitution of a Board was made to the Commissioner & Secretary, Local Government, Haryana as far as back on 26.03.2011 (Annexure P-3) by a large number of villagers, but no action has been taken on such request. The request for appointment of the Board is pending before the authority. CWP No. 23557 of 2011 [2] 3. Having regard to the nature of the relief prayed for, we are of the view that it will be just and proper to dispose of this Public Interest Litigation by requiring the Commissioner & Secretary, Local Government, Haryana to look into the matter and pass appropriate orders with regard to the constitution of Board within a period of two months from the date of receipt of this order. Ordered accordingly. (RANJAN GOGOI) CHIEF JUSTICE (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 19.12.2011 'ravinder'