CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 5860 OF 2003 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: July 31, 2009. Parties Name Rajesh Kumar ..PETITIONER VERSUS State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH PRESENT: Mr. Baldev Kapoor, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Addl. A.G., Haryana; JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. This order will dispose of Civil Writ Petitions No. 5860, 5824, 7727, 7728, 7729 and 7730, all of the year 2003, as common question of law and facts is involved in all these cases. For facility of dictating order, facts are being taken from CWP No. 5860 of 2003. This writ petition has been filed with a prayer to issue a writ of certiorari to quash clauses 6, 7 and 18 of the Scheme framed under Sections 99 and 100 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, whereby lump sum passenger tax was imposed by the State of Haryana. It is admitted by counsel for the parties that during pendency of CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 5860 OF 2003 -2- this writ petition, the State Government has published in the official gazette a notification on September 17, 2004, whereby passenger tax has been reduced from Rs. 35,000/- per month to Rs. 20,000/- per month. In view of notification issued now, this Court is of the opinion that the challenge laid to the earlier scheme is not maintainable. The petitioners may, if so advised, lay challenge to the notification issued on September 17, 2004. With above mentioned observations, these writ petitions stand disposed of accordingly. July 31, 2009 ( Jasbir Singh ) DKC Judge