IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 4672 of 2004 DATE OF DECISION : 25.11.2008 Des Raj and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. M.S. Sindhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 5. Mr. S.D. Sharma, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Bindu Goel, Advocate, for respondents No.8, 9, 15 to 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31 to 33, 35, 38, 40, 42, 47 to 49, 52 to 56 and 62 to 68. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners, who are residents of Village Jhammat, District Ludhiana, have filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the orders dated 5.1.1996, 5.1.1993 and 13.12.1994, passed by the Consolidation Officers, whereby the land in dispute, which is alleged to be `Bachat' land was partitioned. Undisputedly, against the aforesaid orders, the Gram Panchayat has filed Civil Writ Petition No. 18853 of 2006, which has been admitted by CWP No. 4672 of 2004 -2- this Court. In view of this fact, learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to move an application for becoming party in the said writ petition, if the petitioners deem it necessary. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 25, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE