Civil Writ Petition No.5178 of 1988 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.5178 of 1988 Date of Decision:-28.10.2009 Kishan Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr.I.P.S.Doabia, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Ajaib Singh, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab for respondent Nos.1 to 3. Mr.Sanjiv Pandit, Advocate for respondent Nos.6,8,9,11,18, 20 to 22. Mehinder Singh Sullar, J. This writ petition was filed by the petitioners mainly for issuing direction to the respondents to fix the valuation of the lands, which are subject matter of the impugned scheme under the provisions of East Punjab Holding (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (hereinafter to be referred as “the Act”). The bare perusal of the affidavit of Surat Singh, Consolidation Officer, Hoshiarpur filed on behalf of the official respondents in reply to the writ petition, would reveal that in compliance with the direction of this Court vide judgment dated 6.1.1986 rendered in CWP No.5243 of 1982, a fresh scheme had been prepared and published on 9.12.1987 by the Settlement Officer, in which the valuation at the relevant time has been taken into Civil Writ Petition No.5178 of 1988 2 consideration. Consequently, re-partition had already been published on 6.5.1988 as contemplated under section 21 (1) of the Act. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioners has fairly submitted that the grievances of the petitioners would be redeemed if they are permitted to file the statutory legitimate objections to consolidation scheme and the writ petition may be disposed of as such. Learned counsel for the respondents did not raise any objection in this direction. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is hereby disposed of with the direction that any share holder/landowners would be at liberty to file the statutory objections after the publication of the re-partition permissible under the Act to the appropriate authority within a period of one month from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The appropriate authority would decide the same on merits within two months thereafter without raising the objection of limitation. The official respondents are also directed to complete the entire process of consolidation within four months thereafter. (Mehinder Singh Sullar) October 28,2009 Judge AS