IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13729 of 2009 Date of Decision: 03.09.2009 Bhagwan Singh Petitioner Versus Union of India and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr.Inderjit Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner ….. Jasbir Singh, J.(Oral) It is contention of counsel for the petitioner that as per Policy, floated by the Government of India (P2), the petitioner is entitled to get waiver of 100% loan amount, as his holding is less than five acres. However, when implementing Policy, mentioned above, the petitioner was granted benefit only to the extent of 25% waiver, so far as loan amount is concerned. To say that the petitioner owns less than five acres of land, reference has been made to a document dated 11.7.2008 (P5), issued by the Tehsildar, stating that the petitioner owns only 39 kanlas 14 marlas of land. During arguments, it transpires that by stating his grievance, the petitioner has sent a representation/ complaint to the respondent No.4, which is pending undecided. In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing directions to respondent No.4 to take note and decide grievance of the petitioner as raised in his representation, by passing a Civil Writ Petition No.13729 of 2009 speaking order. If the petitioner is found eligible for 100% waiver, for the loan amount, as per Policy Annexure P2, relief be granted to him forthwith. To the contrary, if the officer concerned wishes to reject claim of the petitioner, on valid grounds, he may pass a speaking order and supply a copy of the same to him. Before passing any adverse order, an opportunity of hearing be provided to the petitioner. Needful be done within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 03.09.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2